A day of Pan-African solidarity and the visit to Moscow for the VE 80th anniversary raises the level of awareness of the development process now unfolding in the Sahel region of West Africa Geopolitical Analysis On April 30, 2025, millions of people across …
An al-Qaeda affiliate, Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on a military outpost in Burkina Faso’s northern Loroum province, in which the group said it killed 60 soldiers, according to the SITE …
(MENAFN) Burkina Faso and Russia have entered a new and strengthened phase of strategic cooperation, with a focus on defense, education, and economic development, according to the West African nation’s interim president, Ibrahim Traoré. In an interview …
HARARE – The Zimbabwe senior men’s national team is set to travel to Morocco early next month for international friendly matches against Burkina Faso and Niger. The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) confirmed the Warriors’ fixtures in a statement …
At 37, Burkina Faso’s Captain Ibrahim Traoré stands as the world’s youngest head of state, a figure Western media often paints as a “corrupt warlord”—a leader who, they claim, siphons gold from his country, rules as a dictator, and delays democracy. Yet …
DAKAR (Reuters) -An attack on a Burkina Faso army base killed 200 soldiers, the SITE Intelligence Group quoted Al Qaeda affiliate JNIM as saying on Thursday. The base in the northern town of Djibo came under attack on Sunday morning, and a police station …
I have followed with keen interest the range of public responses to the leadership of Captain Ibrahim Traoré in Burkina Faso, ranging from enthusiastic applause by many, to cautious scepticism by some, and vocal criticism by a minority. Over the past two …
In a separate statement, SITE said Ousmane Dicko, head of Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JMIN) in Burkina, had appeared in a video urging residents of Djibo, located in the north of Burkina Faso, to leave the town for their own safety. An army …
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