Burkina Faso

Al Qaeda names fighters behind deadly Burkina Faso attack
Army HQ, French embassy attacked in Burkina Faso capital of Ouagadougou
- Burkina Faso is one of a string of fragile countries on the southern rim of the Sahara that are battling jihadist groups. The insurgency has caused thousands of deaths, prompted tens of thousands to flee their homes and dealt crippling blows to economies that are already among the poorest in the world.
The capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, was hit on Friday mid-morning by multiple attacks targeting the French embassy, the French cultural centre and the country's military headquarters.
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Burkina Faso gun attack kills 18 people at cafe

Gunmen have shot dead 18 people and injured others at a cafe in the centre of of the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, the government says.
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Burkina Faso's prime minister and government resign
- “The president of Faso accepted the resignation” and expressed “all his gratitude to Prime Minister Paul Kaba Thieba and all its ministers for their commitment to the service of the nation,” the statement added.
Burkina Faso’s government and Prime Minister Paul Kaba Thieba stood down on Friday, according to a statement released by the country’s president.
Burkina Faso’s army chaplains tested by extremist conflict
- Once considered a beacon of peace and religious coexistence in the region, the West African nation has been embroiled in unprecedented violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State since 2016, throwing an ....
In the more than 15 years Salomon Tibiri has been offering spiritual succor as a military pastor in Burkina Faso, he’s never fielded so many calls from anxious soldiers and their relatives as in recent years, when the army found itself under attack by Islamic extremist fighters.
Burkina Faso’s army chiefs call on coup leaders to surrender their arms
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Compaoré is gone, but Burkina Faso is gripped by uncertainty
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First green energy project in Burkina Faso for Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund
- Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) lends €29 million to support construction of 30MW solar plant to supply national grid; 20th clean energy project for EAIF
The West African country of Burkina Faso is to get a new large-scale renewable energy plant. Thais was announced on15th March. Located some 250km south east of the nation’s capital city of Ouagadougou, near the town of Pâ, the new solar energy plant will supply all the electricity it produces to Burkina Faso’s national power utility, La Société National D’électricité Du Burkina Faso (SONABEL).
General strike call after mass rally against Burkina Faso leader
Giant Burkina Faso rally against prolonging Blaise Compaoré's rule
Gunmen kill six in second church attack in Burkina Faso
- The attackers then burned the church, looted a pharmacy and some others stores, and left, Dablo mayor Boucary Zongo told Reuters.
Gunmen killed six people including a priest outside a Catholic church in Burkina Faso on Sunday, the government said, the second attack on Christians in two weeks in a nation increasingly overrun by jihadists.
Interim President Kafando 'back in power' after Burkina coup leaders withdraw
Macron: 'I am from a generation that doesn't tell Africans what to do'

France’s President Emmanuel Macron told African youths in Burkina Faso on Tuesday that he belonged to a new generation of French leaders who would build partnerships with the continent rather than tell it what to do.
New Burkina president vows to identify folk hero Sankara's body
Police arrest Burkina Faso’s ex presidential guard in Gwollu
Presidential campaign kicks off in coup-prone Burkina Faso
Raw: Deadly Hotel Seizure Ends in Burkina Faso
Special ECOWAS Summit to discuss Burkina Faso
UN demands civilian transfer in Burkina, as demos erupt
West African presidents open talks with Burkina's military leader
Women fleeing Burkina Faso violence face sexual assault
- The extremist violence in Burkina Faso linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group is fueling an increase in sexual assaults against women, especially those displaced by attacks. Many are preyed upon as they attempt to collect belongings they left behind.
A 20-year-old woman could no longer live in her village amid the rising violence caused by Islamic extremists. But she needed to return and retrieve the family’s cows in hopes of selling them.

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