Blog - Rather than a beacon of hope, Burkinabè tyrant Ibrahim Traoré is a pointer to everything that is wrong with the continent.

The Burkinabe strongman swept into power following a coup in September 2022 amid growing anti-French sentiments in the Sahel region.

Tension is mounting after an attempted coup in Burkina Faso. Officials say a plot to overthrow Capt Ibrahim Traoré has been ...

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso responded by announcing their withdrawal from the economic bloc, formalized in January this year ...

A week after an attempted coup in Burkina Faso, the situation remains tense in Ouagadougou, particularly among the armed forces.

Twelve Nigerien soldiers have been killed in an attack in the west of the Sahel country and two suspects have been arrested, the army said in a statement seen by Reuters on Saturday. The attack took ...

Niger's army says an attack by armed men in western Niger has left 12 soldiers dead in a border area that has long been a ...

Burkina Faso’s military government has announced ... revealed that both active and retired soldiers had conspired with terrorist groups to storm the presidential palace.

"According to the plan of the terrorist conspirators, the maneuver was to culminate in an assault on the presidency of [Burkina] Faso on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, by a group of soldiers recruited ...

"The manoeuvre was to culminate, according to the terrorist plotters' plan, on Wednesday 16 April, 2025 in an assault on the presidency of (Burkina) Faso by a group of soldiers recruited by the ...

"The manoeuvre was to culminate, according to the terrorist plotters' plan, on Wednesday 16 April, 2025 in an assault on the presidency of Burkina Faso by a group of soldiers recruited by the ...

Benin’s government says an attack by Islamic militants on military posts in northern Benin last week left at least 54 soldiers dead ...