Burkina Faso’s ruling junta will remain in power for another five years after participants in national talks on Saturday proposed extending the transition back to democracy by 60 months from July, according to the text of an approved new charter. The military authorities seized power in a 2022 coup and promised to hold elections in… Read More Burkina Faso junta extends military rule by five years
Burkina Faso’s self-declared military leader Captain Ibrahim Traore has accepted a conditional resignation offered by President Paul-Henri Damiba to avoid further violence after Friday’s coup, religious and traditional leaders said on Sunday. According to the deal, announced at a press conference, Traore had agreed to seven conditions, including a guarantee of Damiba’s safety and the… Read More Burkina Faso’s President Paul-Henri Damiba resigns on condition coup leader guarantees his safety
Burkina Faso army Captain Ibrahim Traore has ousted military leader Paul-Henri Damiba and dissolved the government and suspended the constitution and transitional charter, he said in a statement read on national television Friday evening. Traore said a group of officers had decided to remove Damiba due to his inability to deal with a worsening Islamist… Read More Burkina Faso army captain Ibrahim Traore announces overthrow of military government
Heavy gunfire rang out from the main military camp and some residential areas of Burkina Faso’s capital on Friday and a large blast was heard near the presidential palace, reporters said. Soldiers took up positions along the avenue leading to the presidency and blocked access to administrative buildings and the national television, which had stopped… Read More Heavy gunfire heard in Burkina Faso capital
Eleven soldiers have been found dead and about 50 civilians are missing after an attack by Islamist militants on a 150-vehicle convoy taking supplies to a town in northern Burkina Faso on Monday, the government said on Tuesday. Twenty-eight people were wounded in the attack, including 20 soldiers, said the statement by government spokesman Lionel… Read More Eleven soldiers dead, dozens of civilians missing following attack on convoy in northern Burkina Faso
At least 35 civilians were killed and 37 injured in northern Burkina Faso on Monday when a vehicle in a convoy hit an improvised explosive device (IED), the interim government said in a statement. The escorted supply convoy heading to the capital, Ouagadougou, hit the IED between the northern towns of Djibo and Bourzanga, an… Read More Dozens dead, injured as vehicle hits IED in northern Burkina Faso
Unidentified gunmen killed six people and wounded two others in an attack on a convoy from the Boungou gold mine in eastern Burkina Faso, the army said on Saturday. Last week, five vehicles were dispatched from the mine, which is owned by Toronto-listed Endeavour Mining , to help a nearby convoy that had been stuck… Read More Six dead, two injured as militants attack convoy from gold mine in eastern Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso’s army said on Monday it had ousted President Roch Kabore, suspended the constitution, dissolved the government and the national assembly and closed the country’s borders. The announcement cited the deterioration of the security situation and what it described as Kabore’s inability to unite the West African nation and effectively respond to challenges it… Read More Burkina Faso President Roch Kabore ousted as army stage coup, suspend constitution
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