Claim: Burkina Faso junta-led government, Captain Ibrahim Traoré has supplied humanitarian aid to 7 “struggling” African countries. Verdict: Misleading. Full Text: On April 10, a Facebook...
Determined to foster national unity, the military junta leader of Burkina Faso has granted pardons to 21 soldiers who were convicted for their roles in the...
The Ghanaian President, John Mahama, on Thursday called for continued dialogue between the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger Republic....
After more than a year of tensions and failed diplomatic efforts, Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso have officially withdrawn from the Economic Community of West African...
A court in Burkina Faso on Thursday sentenced two individuals to life in prison for their role in a devastating 2017 attack on a Turkish restaurant...
The President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Alieu Touray, said on Sunday Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger Republic would leave the organisation...
President Bola Tinubu said on Wednesday the interest and welfare of the citizens of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger remained a priority of the Economic Community...
Burkina Faso’s ruling military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traore on Friday dismissed the country’s prime minister, Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela, and dissolved the government, according to...
West African defence chiefs on Friday demanded the return of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Republic to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Nigeria’s...
Nigeria U-17 women’s football team, the Flamingos are now an aggregate victory away from securing a spot at the 2023 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. The...
Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets started their 2024 WAFU B U-17 campaign on Thursday night and were held to a goalless draw by Burkina Faso. The competition being...
The military governments in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger Republic have resolved to set up a joint force to fight Islamist terrorist groups in the three...
A former Vice-President and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 25 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday, called for a tight security measure...
The military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, on Sunday, announced their immediate withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) The leaders...
Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso are working on a political and monetary alliance. The Nigerien military leader, Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani, announced the move that could mark...
Operatives of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in Lagos have foiled an attempt to smuggle seven girls to Burkina Faso. The Comptroller of Immigration, Lagos Seaports...
CLAIM: French officials destroyed vehicles and other valuables that belonged to them after they were evicted by the military regime in Burkina Faso. VERDICT: False! FULL...
A popular radio station in Burkina Faso has been suspended by the country’s military junta for criticising the coup in Niger Republic. The station, Radio Omega,...
The Burkina Faso military government has placed a $300,000 bounty for information leading to the “capture or death” of some top commanders of the jihadists terrorist...
The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria failed to seal qualification for the FIFA U-17 World Cup after they were knocked out of the Africa Cup of Nations...
Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets are scheduled to depart Constantine to arrive at Algiers on Monday ahead of their clash with Burkina Faso. This was announced by the...
The military junta in Burkina Faso on Sunday, expelled two French journalists working with Le Monde and Liberation, after the two newspapers accused the authorities of...
As part of efforts to fulfil his promise of conducting a free and fair general elections, President Muhammadu Buhari, last week, charged academics involved in the...
The military junta in Burkina Faso has launched an investigation into the alleged attack and killing of 16 Nigerian Muslim pilgrims who were travelling by bus...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday condemned the killing of 16 Nigerians by soldiers in Burkina Faso. The victims were members of the Jam’iyyatu Ansaariddeen Attijjaniyya (JAMAA)....
At least 10 travellers died on Tuesday when their bus hit a landmine in eastern Burkina Faso. The spokesman for the Burkina Faso’s military junta, Col....
Ousted Burkina Faso military junta leader, Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, has agreed to step down to “avoid confrontations with serious human and material consequences,” according...
Gunfire rocked Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, on Saturday. This occurred just 24 hours after the military ousted President Paul-Henri Damiba in the country’s second...
Burkina Faso military has removed Lt.-Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, as the head of the country’s ruling junta. The removal of Damiba, who took over power in...
The Burkina Faso military leader, Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, has urged the people of the West African nation to remain calm after a coup scare on Friday....
Nigeria U-20 men’s football team, Flying Eagles have advanced to the semifinals of the ongoing WAFU B championship holding in Niamey, Niger Republic. The Ladan Bosso...
Thirty people were reportedly killed and hundreds injured after armed rebel fighters attacked the town of Arbinda in northern Burkina Faso, the Mayor of the town,...
Hosts Cameroon came from behind to eventually beat Burkina Faso in the third-place match of the rescheduled 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) on Saturday night....
Sadio Mane scored and bagged an assist for Senegal in their 3-1 victory over Burkina Faso on Wednesday night as they progressed to the final of...
The Peace and Security Council of the African Union has announced the suspension of Burkina Faso from the Union’s activities following the military takeover of the...
The Carthage Eagles of Tunisia have been knocked out of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) after losing their quarterfinal game on Saturday. Tunisia had...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has suspended Burkina Faso from the regional bloc following a coup on Monday where the military sacked the...
The leader of the Burkina Faso coup, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba, has delivered his first speech since the military took over power on Monday. Damiba, who...
The Burkina Faso military declared on Monday that it has overthrown President Roch Kaboré. Ripples Nigeria had earlier reported that Kaboré had been detained by rebel...
The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon kicked off their campaign at the rescheduled 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) with a comeback victory over Burkina Faso in...
Thirty-four years after the assassination of Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader, Thomas Sankara, a former army private has admitted that he had helped transport the hit squad...
A military court in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on Monday, began the long-awaited trial of 14 men, including a former president of the country, accused of assassinating...
Niger, Togo, Benin and Burkina Faso are to purchase Nigeria’s utilized power generated by select electricity companies. According to the Chairman of the Executive Board of...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday an estimated 10.4 million children in eight countries, including Nigeria, may suffer from acute malnutrition in 2021....
The Burkina Faso Electoral Commission closed dozens of polling units early on Sunday due to security threats. The landlocked West African country has suffered from an...
Tragedy struck in the Oudalan province of Burkina Faso, near the borders with Mali and Niger, when heavily armed militants killed no fewer than 14 soldiers...
An attack on a cattle market and a humanitarian convoy, in Burkina Faso by an armed group left no fewer than 35 people dead and 20...
A Canadian woman and her Italian partner who were both kidnapped in Burkina Faso in December 2018 have both been released to the United Nations in...
Health authorities in Burkina Faso have confirmed that two patients have tested positive for the deadly coronavirus also known as COVID-19 which has quickly spread across...
French authorities have granted permission to extradite François Compaoré, the brother of former president of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré who is wanted back home over the...
