Tag: Faso
Burkina Faso accuses Nigerian Air Force of violating its airspace
Eleven Nigerian military officers were briefly detained in Burkina Faso after their aircraft made an emergency landing in the country, Burkinabè security sources...
Burkina Faso refuses to take deportees as US stops issuing visas
Burkina Faso's military government has refused to take in deportees from the US as Washington suspended issuing visas in the West African nation.Minister...
Burkina Faso junta detains INSO workers for ‘spying’
Burkina Faso's military government says it has arrested eight members of a Dutch-based humanitarian organisation, accusing them of "spying and treason".They are three...
Burkina Faso military rulers scrap electoral commission, taking control of future...
ReutersBurkina Faso's military rulers have disbanded the country's electoral commission calling it a waste of money.The interior ministry will handle elections in the...
What changes as Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger leave the West...
Chris EwokorBBC News, AbujaAFPThree countries under military rule have officially left West African regional bloc Ecowas, after more than a year of diplomatic...
West African states approve exit of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger
Leaders of the West African regional grouping, Ecowas, have approved the withdrawal of three countries ruled by the military from the bloc, but...
Burkina Faso use it as hide-out and smuggling route
Michael Mvondo / BBC A man from Ghana has told the BBC how he was seized at gunpoint by jihadists in neighbouring Burkina...
Burkina Faso machete video prompts investigation
Burkina Faso's armed forces say they are investigating a gruesome video that purports to show military volunteers hacking apart a dead body with...
Russia to sell satellites to Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger
Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso have announced a new partnership with Russia to acquire telecoms and remote-sensing satellites.The three West African countries, run...
