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(MENAFN) According to reports, Burkina Faso has reinforced its preventive measures against Ebola virus disease, while health authorities emphasized that no confirmed cases have been detected in the country to date.

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(MENAFN) Burkina Faso's military regime has abolished every political party and political organization operating within its borders Thursday, justifying the sweeping action as essential for safeguarding national cohesion and overhauling the...

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(MENAFN) Mali’s leadership has stated that the recent wave of coordinated militant assaults across the country was intended to overthrow the government and weaken state institutions.

U.S. Department of Justice

A Maryland man was sentenced today to life in prison for forcibly sexually assaulting two minor girls in Burkina Faso in 2022 and 2023. After a two-week trial in October 2025, a federal jury in the District of Maryland convicted Fode Sitafa Mara,...

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(MENAFN) Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signaled Monday his country's readiness to forge deeper and broader ties with African nations, with particular emphasis on Burkina Faso. Pezeshkian delivered the message during a meeting in the Iranian...

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(MENAFN) Burkina Faso’s authorities announced late Tuesday they had disrupted an alleged coup attempt targeting President Capt. Ibrahim Traore, accusing former transitional leader Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba of masterminding the plan....

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(MENAFN) Burkina Faso’s military government announced that it has thwarted a plot to assassinate Capt. Ibrahim Traoré, the country’s head of state.

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(MENAFN) Togo has arrested and extradited Burkina Faso’s former leader, Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, to his home country following allegations that he plotted to assassinate his successor, Ibrahim Traoré. Damiba, who seized power in a 2022 coup...

World Trade Organization

The high-level event marked the launch of a new phase under the Partenariat pour le Coton (PPC) initiative, with a focus on mobilizing investment to accelerate the transformation of the cotton-to-textile-and-garment value chain.

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(MENAFN) Eleven Nigerian soldiers who had been held in Burkina Faso for ten days were released after diplomatic negotiations between the two nations, Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Wednesday.

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(MENAFN) The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) has heightened its air-defense posture to its top alert level after Burkina Faso’s military authorities grounded a Nigerian Air Force C-130, accusing it of entering the country’s airspace without...

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(MENAFN) The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) has raised its military alert level following the forced landing of a Nigerian Air Force C-130 in Burkina Faso, which was accused of entering Burkinabe airspace without permission.

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(MENAFN) Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have officially withdrawn from the International Criminal Court (ICC), denouncing the tribunal as a tool of “neocolonial repression” that serves imperialist interests.

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(MENAFN) Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Nigerien leader Abdourahamane Tiani pledged Monday to forge deeper strategic ties, formally relaunching the long-stalled Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline in a move that signals a decisive end to...

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(MENAFN) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has alleged that France is attempting to remove governments it considers unfavorable in several of its former African colonies in an effort to restore its historical influence in the region.

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(MENAFN) Russia has announced plans to introduce a pilot engineering education initiative in Burkina Faso by late 2025, according to Deputy Energy Minister Roman Marshavin.

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(MENAFN) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has alleged that France is attempting to remove governments it considers unfavorable in several of its former African colonies in an effort to restore its historical influence in the region.

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(MENAFN) Burkina Faso has put a hold on a malaria research initiative backed by the Gates Foundation amid concerns that the program could be exploited for population control purposes in Africa.