President of Burkina Faso’s Constitutional Council Kassoum Kambou is dead. He died today in France. Details shortly
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The UN Security Council has failed to agree on a joint statement with Burkina Faso after a meeting behind closed doors on Tuesday to discuss last…
In the latest verbal volley in the week-long conflict, Mali has accused France of dividing the country purposefully and committing espionage against Islamist militants. In a…
The European Union plans to impose travel bans and asset freezes on five members of Mali’s junta following a failure by the military rulers to hold…
The much-anticipated trial on the killing of Thomas Sankara,Burkina Faso’s influential leftist leader murdered more than three decades ago, has been suspended as a result of…
Guinea’s junta set up an 80-member council Saturday to act as parliament as the country transitioned to elections following a September coup that ousted President Alpha…
Senegal votes in municipal and regional elections on Sunday, amid political tensions over whether President Macky Sall will seek a third term in the nation long…
Authorities in Burkina Faso have arrested eight soldiers accused of plotting a coup. A well-known former army commander who has reportedly been critical of the government,…
Malian interim authorities have cut the proposed transition back to democracy following a 2020 coup from five years to four, Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, acting Economic…
Benin Republic’s Economic Crime and Terrorism Court has sentenced one its foremost opposition leader and former justice minister Reckya Madougou on Saturday to 20 years in…