Tag: Faso
Burkina Faso foils plot to assassinate Capt Ibrahim Traoré, says junta
A plot to kill Burkina Faso's military leader, Capt Ibrahim Traoré, has been thwarted, the West African nation has announced.The sophisticated plan had...
Mali and Burkina Faso announce travel ban on US citizens in...
Mali and Burkina Faso say they will bar US citizens from entering their countries in response to a similar move by the Trump...
Nigeria Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar apologises over Burkina Faso military flight
Nigeria's Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar has formally apologised to Burkina Faso for the unauthorised entry of a Nigerian military jet into Burkinabè airspace,...
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...
