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Burkina Faso

May 21, 2025
Diplomacy

IMF’s Grip: How Africa’s Wealth Becomes Its Curse

President Ibrahim Traoré of Burkina Faso recently delivered a speech that has resonated deeply not only across Africa but around the world. Addressing the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with a directness seldom

Geopolitics/Human Rights

Burkina Faso Rejects Saudi 200 Mosques Deal, Demands Education and Health Investment

Burkina Faso’s President, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has reportedly declined an offer from Saudi Arabia to construct 200 mosques in the country, urging the kingdom to prioritize investments in critical infrastructure such as schools, hospitals, and job-creating businesses instead. President Traoré

March 20, 2025

Mali, Burkina and Niger announce their withdrawal from ECOWAS

World

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger are no longer members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), military officials of the three countries

Is This the End of French Neo-Colonialism in Africa?

Columns/World

In Bamako, Mali, on September 16, the governments of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger created the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). On X, the social media

IMF’s Grip: How Africa’s Wealth Becomes Its Curse

May 21, 2025
Diplomacy

President Ibrahim Traoré of Burkina Faso recently delivered a speech that has resonated deeply not only across Africa but around the world. Addressing the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with a directness seldom

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Burkina Faso Rejects Saudi 200 Mosques Deal, Demands Education and Health Investment

March 20, 2025
Geopolitics/Human Rights

Burkina Faso’s President, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has reportedly declined an offer from Saudi Arabia to construct 200 mosques in the country, urging the kingdom to prioritize investments in critical infrastructure such as

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Mali, Burkina and Niger announce their withdrawal from ECOWAS

January 29, 2024
World

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger are no longer members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), military officials of the three countries decided in a joint statement read this Sunday

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Is This the End of French Neo-Colonialism in Africa?

September 21, 2023
Columns/World

In Bamako, Mali, on September 16, the governments of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger created the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). On X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, Colonel Assimi Goïta,

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Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger Form Alliance of Sahel States to Advance Collective Defense

September 21, 2023
News

In an advancement towards mutual cooperation, the governments of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have formed the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). The move was finalized with the signing of the Liptako-Gourma

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The French Are Going, But the War in the Sahel Continues

February 22, 2023
Columns/Diplomacy

On February 9, 2023, around 100 armed men drove to Dembo, Burkina Faso, on motorcycles and in pickup trucks. They opened fire on a militia group called Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland

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Burkina Faso Ejects French Troops

January 26, 2023
Columns/Diplomacy

On January 18, 2023, the government of Burkina Faso made a decision to ask the French military forces to depart from the country within a month. This decision was made by the

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Charting the Rise of Anti-French Sentiment Across Northern Africa

October 18, 2022
Defence/Diplomacy/Geopolitics/United States

In November 2021, a French military convoy was making its way to Mali while passing through Burkina Faso and Niger. It did not get very far. It was stopped in Téra, Niger,

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When Will the Stars Shine Again in Burkina Faso?

October 13, 2022
Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

On 30 September 2022, Captain Ibrahim Traoré led a section of the Burkina Faso military to depose Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who had seized power in a coup d’état in January.

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