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Burundi and Mali regimes use a common tactic to stay in power: blame an external enemy

Burundi’s president Évariste Ndayishimiye made an official “friendship and working” visit to Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, in April 2026. At the time, Ndayishimiye was the rotating chair of the African Union.

The Conversation

During the 1980s drought, a Burkina Faso farmer revived an ancient zai farming technique that turned barren land into a 40-hectare forest and inspired land restoration across the Sahel

In the early 1980s, as a severe drought gripped the Sahel region of West Africa, a farmer in northern Burkina Faso named Yacouba Sawadogo began quietly reviving an old, largely abandoned farming technique on land near his village that many considered too degraded to ever grow anything again. The technique,…

The Times of India

Love, deception and the real lives of Nigeria's romance fraudsters

In this edition: France pulls all its diplomats out of Burkina Faso in a tit-for-tat move after Ougadougou cut ties with Paris last month. Also, in Tanzania, young people are planning on taking to the streets for an anti-government protest on Tuesday. And Lagos's Yahoo Boys are behind a lucrative…

France 24

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As Sahel states withdraw from ICC, NGOs warn of ‘impunity’ over war crimes

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have initiated a year-long process of withdrawing from the International Criminal Court, a move human rights defenders say will leave victims of war crimes without access to justice.

Radio France Internationale

UN to close its human rights office in Burkina Faso following junta's suspension

Junta chief captain Ibrahim Traoré has pursued anti-Western policies since seizing power in a coup in September 2022, while critical voices are met with repression.

Euronews

Burkina Faso junta cuts diplomatic ties with former colonial ruler France

Burkina Faso's ruling junta, lead by Captain Ibrahim Traoré, announced late Friday it has cut diplomatic ties with former colonial ruler France, accusing Paris of persistently acting against its interests. France called the decision "hostile and baseless".

Radio France Internationale

Burkina Faso cuts diplomatic relations with France, once a key ally

Burkina Faso’s military government has severed diplomatic ties with France, its former colonial ruler and key security partner

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Burkina Faso ruling junta cuts diplomatic ties with ex-ruler France

Burkina Faso's military junta on Friday cut diplomatic ties with former colonial power France, accusing Paris of acting against its interests and backing subversive networks and militants in the Sahel. The move deepens the ruling authorities' break with Western allies since Captain Ibrahim Traore seized power in a 2022 coup.

France 24

Brazen attack on Niger’s airport shows jihadis are expanding to cities in Africa's Sahel

Gunfire and explosions at Niger’s main international airport highlight a shift in militant strategy in Africa’s Sahel region

The Independent UK

Tensions rise at Ivory Coast-Burkina Faso border

In northeastern Ivory Coast, along the border with Burkina Faso, tension has become a permanent reality. The jihadist threat spreading from the Sahel is no longer the only concern. A new danger has emerged: the Volunteers for the Defence of the Homeland, or VDPs – auxiliary forces supporting the Burkinabé…

France 24

Money, food and survival: what drives paid sex among young mums in 3 African countries

Transactional sex, defined as the exchange of sex for money, food, or favours, is common among young people in Africa. Studies have reported that about 10% of those aged 15-24 have engaged in this exchange in South Africa, 23% in Nigeria and 25% in Uganda. The behaviour has been linked…

The Conversation

Côte d’Ivoire wary of jihadist threat in north 10 years on from major attack

Threat of jihadism continues to lurk along borders with Mali and Burkina Faso

The Guardian - UK

Why Nairobi Africa-France summit bears the hallmarks of Macron and Ruto priorities

The 2026 Africa-France summit in Nairobi on May 11-12 is the first to be held in an African country that is not a former French colony. It is also the first to be held since the dramatic collapse of relations between France and a number of west African countries –…

The Conversation

Burkina Faso junta secretly detained journalist and others, advocacy group says

Reporters Without Borders says Burkina Faso's authorities secretly detained and abused a prominent journalist and dozens of others in a makeshift facility

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More than 1,800 killed by army and jihadists in Burkina Faso since 2023, NGO reports

Burkina Faso's army, its civilian auxiliaries and jihadist groups have killed more than 1,800 civilians since 2023 in acts that constitute "war crimes and crimes against humanity", Human Rights Watch said in a report published on Thursday.

The Guardian - UK

People of Burkina Faso should forget about democracy, says military ruler

Ibrahim Traoré, who took power in 2022 coup, tells state broadcaster ‘we must tell the truth, democracy isn’t for us’

Radio France Internationale

Burkina junta chief says country must 'forget' democracy

The people of Burkina Faso must "forget" about democracy, said the country's junta ruler on Thursday in an interview broadcast on national television.

Radio France Internationale

Why the Sahel is now the world’s deadliest region for terrorism

The Sahel has become the world’s most deadly region for terrorism, with nearly half of all global deaths now taking place there. This marks a long-term shift away from the Middle East and North Africa, recent data shows.

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Radio France Internationale

How a disinformation network is destabilising the Alliance of Sahel States

Since late 2025, a vast ecosystem of fake social media accounts has been targeting countries in the Alliance of Sahel States and their junta leaders. RFI's Fact-Checking Unit and France 24's Observers have been investigating this network, which is spreading disinformation across West Africa.

The Guardian - UK

Jihadist violence in Nigeria and DRC rose sharply last year even as global deaths from terror fell

Nigeria had largest increase in terrorism-related deaths, ranking fourth in global index behind Pakistan, Burkina Faso and Niger

Radio France Internationale

Trial opens at Paris court over 2014 fatal crash of Air Algérie flight in Mali

Nearly 12 years after Air Algérie Flight AH5017 crashed in Mali, as it travelled from Burkina Faso to Algeria, the Paris Correctional Court will hear the case against Spanish airline Swiftair from Monday.

International Business Times UK

Former US Embassy Worker Handed Life Sentence After He Used Sick Mother to Blackmail, Rape Two Girls in Impoverished Africa Slum

A former US embassy staff member has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually abusing two teenage girls in Burkina Faso, exploiting their vulnerable conditions.

The Conversation

Ecowas without the Sahel states: how the split is testing free movement and regional legitimacy

New governments in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso formally left the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) a year ago, having created the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). The move happened as a consequence of diplomatic tensions related to military coups in the three countries, after which the regional…

The Conversation

Burkina Faso has dissolved all political parties: why African coup leaders often turn on the people who supported them

The end of January 2026 effectively marked the end of party politics in Burkina Faso. On 29 January, Captain Ibrahim Traoré’s government formally dissolved all political parties, including those that had supported his September 2022 coup.

Radio France Internationale

US looks to revitalise relations with Mali with envoy visit to Bamako

Nick Checker, head of the US State Department’s Bureau of African Affairs, visited Mali on Monday, calling for renewed economic and security cooperation between Washington and Bamako.

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