A Nigerian Perspective on the Sahel: From Indulgence to Tough Love Against an Existential Threat
By Felix Awonaiya/ The triumvirate of Tchiani, Traore and Goita are behaving like petulant children. As in dealing with all…
Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso Break Away from ECOWAS
Pat Stevens/ Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso—three of the poorest nations in West Africa—have officially withdrawn from the Economic Community…
Gunmen Kill 8 in Naming Ceremony
Agency Report/ State-owned news agency AIB, today reported that gunmen stormed into a naming ceremony and killed eight people in…
Sankara: Burkina Faso’s Ex-president Compaore Gets Life Imprisonment
Agency Report/ A military tribunal today ruled that Burkina Faso’s former president Blaise Compaore be sentenced to life imprisonment for…
Sankara’s Murder: Burkina Faso’s Ex-president Compaore Gets Life Imprisonment
Reuters/ A military tribunal today ruled that Burkina Faso’s former president, Blaise Compaore, be sentenced to life imprisonment for complicity…
Blaise Compaoré, 13 Others to Face Trial for 1987 Assassination of Thomas Sankara
Pat Stevens/ Former president of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré, Gilbert Diendéré and 12 others are to go on trial for…
Burkina Faso in Mourning after Bloody Jihadist Attacks that Killed 35
Agency Report/ Burkina Faso was in mourning Wednesday after jihadists killed 35 civilians, almost all of them women, in one…