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Burkina Faso: Grants Asylum For Benin Coup Plot Leader Tigri

Burkina Faso: Grants Asylum For Benin Coup Plot Leader Tigri

December 14, 2025 8:38 am

Ouagadougou confirms protection for Lt. Col. Pascal Tigri after Benin foils a military takeover, deepening regional tensions and raising fresh extradition questions.

Burkina Faso has granted political asylum to Lieutenant Colonel Pascal Tigri, identified by Beninese authorities as the central figure behind a recently foiled coup attempt in the Republic of Benin, according to an official statement from President Ibrahim Traoré.

The decision places Burkina Faso at the center of a growing diplomatic dispute in West Africa, as Benin seeks the arrest and extradition of officers accused of attempting to seize power by force.

President Traoré said the move was …

Nigeria Clarifies Diverting Military Aircraft To Burkina Faso

Nigeria Clarifies Diverting Military Aircraft To Burkina Faso

December 9, 2025 9:24 am

Nigerian Air Force says a technical fault forced a precautionary landing in Bobo-Dioulasso, assuring all personnel are safe as plans advance to resume the Portugal-bound mission.

Nigerian Air Force has confirmed that a transport aircraft bound for Portugal made an unscheduled landing in Burkina Faso after the crew reported a technical issue mid-flight.

The C-130, one of the service’s primary long-range transport platforms, departed Lagos on Monday December 8, 2025, for a routine ferry mission when the aircrew detected an abnormality that required immediate attention. The pilots decided to divert to the nearest suitable runway, touching down safely in the …

Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger Announce Instant Withdrawal From ICC

Burkina Faso Mali Niger Announce Instant Withdrawal From ICC

September 25, 2025 11:49 am

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have jointly declared they will withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), calling the Hague-based tribunal a tool of “neo-colonialist repression.”

In a coordinated statement on Tuesday, the three military-led governments said they no longer recognize the court’s jurisdiction and accused it of disproportionately targeting African nations. They pledged to establish “indigenous mechanisms for the consolidation of peace and justice” to handle war crimes and human rights abuses within their territories.

The move deepens the trio’s political isolation from Western powers and international institutions. All three countries have been ruled by military juntas since coups …

Military Coups A Stumbling Block For Africa's Progress

Military Coups: A Stumbling Block For Africa’s Progress

August 3, 2023 4:00 am

Spanning from the sun-kissed, golden beaches of Somalia in the east to the lush, verdant landscapes of Zimbabwe in the south, the African continent, with its enchanting tapestry of cultures, languages, and traditions, remains a land of untamed beauty and boundless potential. Yet, beneath this mesmerising façade lies a harsh reality that continues to mar Africa’s progress— a deeply entrenched history of military interventions.

These military coups, characterised by their abruptness and assertive usurpation of political authority, stand as daunting specters that disrupt the otherwise inspiring narrative of Africa’s quest for harmony, democracy, and socio-economic prosperity. These forceful seizures of …

Why African Leaders Should Adopt The Sankara's Ideology

Why African Leaders Should Adopt The Sankara’s Ideology

May 22, 2023 3:31 am

One of the most valid reasons why Africa is where it is today is because it is utterly lacking the kind of visionary, courageous, upstanding, and tenacious leaders that are capable of meeting the increasingly complex challenges the continent has been contending with while also serving as a symbol of inspiration to their people. Most leaders who run the continent today are a bunch of opportunists who merely wanted power by all means, got it, and deployed it for their selfish aims and objectives. 

Africa is currently lagging behind globally because she cannot boast of leaders in the mold of …

34-Year-Old Set To Be Sworn In As President In Burkina Faso

34-Year-Old Set To Be Sworn In As President In Burkina Faso

October 20, 2022 5:42 am

The young army captain who led the latest coup in Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traore will on Friday be inaugurated as interim president, according to a statement made public by the constitutional council. 

The 34-year-old Captain Ibrahim Traore, was the one that led the disgruntled junior officers last month in the second coup in eight months to hit the jihadist-torn west African country.

Junta members had already disclosed that he would take over the role of transitional president, however, the official investiture will happen on Friday.

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The constitutional council …

Coup: Fromer Burkina Faso Leader Damiba Flees To Togo

Coup: Fromer Burkina Faso Leader Damiba Flees To Togo

October 3, 2022 7:26 pm

The government of Togo has on Monday made some confirmations that the controversial ousted Burkina Faso leader, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba has finally fled to Togo after a military coup.

It also revealed that the West African bloc ECOWAS has made some plans to send envoys to Burkina Faso after some of the troops had toppled Damiba in the country’s second putsch in nine months.

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Akodah Ayewouadan who is Togo’s Minister of Communication and government spokesman had revealed that Damiba was in Togo as part of the country’s …

Burkina Junta Leader Damiba Agrees To Step Down – Mediators

Burkina Junta Leader Damiba Agrees To Step Down – Mediators

October 3, 2022 7:37 am

Burkina Faso’s junta leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba agreed to step down Sunday, two days after military officers announced he had been removed from power, religious and community leaders said.

Following mediation between Damiba and the new self-proclaimed leader, Ibrahim Traore, ‘Damiba himself offered his resignation in order to avoid confrontations with serious human and material consequences’, the religious and community leaders said in a statement.

They added that Damiba had set ‘seven conditions’ for stepping down, including a guarantee of security for his allies in the military, ‘a guarantee of his security and rights’ and that those taking power must …

Burkina Town Blockaded By Jihadists Laments Serious Famines

Burkina Town Blockaded By Jihadists Laments Serious Famines

August 3, 2022 9:42 pm

The Citizens of a town in northern Burkina Faso whose road access was blocked and cut off by some jihadists has revealed that food supplies are running out.

Islamist militants had on June 25 damaged a bridge providing the only road access to the town of Sebba, the administrative seat of Yagha province. Residents swiftly tried to repair the damage but the bridge was destroyed in a subsequent attack, leaving Sebba cut off from the rest of the country.

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Local traders have commissioned 14 trucks to bring in urgently-needed supplies, …

27 Murdered In Twin Jihadist Attacks In Burkina Faso

27 Murdered In Twin Jihadist Attacks In Burkina Faso

July 5, 2022 5:24 am

No fewer than 27 people were killed by suspected jihadists in attacks on villages in northern Burkina Faso at the weekend, authorities have confirmed.

A security official provided an estimate death toll, stating that ‘approximately 15’ individuals, some of them were children, were slain late Sunday near Bourasso in the Kossi province.

A local resident estimated there were 20 or so fatalities.

‘Armed men moved around the village at around 5:00 pm, firing in the air. They came back at night and blindly opened fire on people,’ the source said.

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8 Murdered As Suspected Jihadists Attack Burkina Faso

8 Murdered As Suspected Jihadists Attack Burkina Faso

June 29, 2022 5:06 am

An attack by alleged jihadists on a baptism ceremony in eastern Burkina Faso resulted in the deaths of eight persons, a security source and a local confirmed on Wednesday morning.

‘A terrorist attack” in the village of Sandiaga in Koulpelogo province ‘left eight civilians dead’, the security source revealed.

The toll was confirmed by a local resident, who said armed men burst into a baptism ceremony on Monday morning and opened fire.

Africa Daily News,  New York recalls that on Sunday, six people died and two were injured in two villages in the northern province of Bam when carts carrying …

Ivory Coast To Splash $430m In Campaign Against Jihadism

June 28, 2022 5:26 am

Ivory Coast on Tuesday revealed that it would spend around $430 million in a three-year campaign which would be geared towards supporting young people in border regions at risk from Sahel jihadists.

The Youth Minister of Mamadou Toure who spoke to reporters said; ‘As part of the fight against vulnerability in northern areas, particularly the six regions bordering Burkina Faso and Mali, the government has launched an ambitious programme of integration and infrastructure for education and health’.

‘The cost amounts to ‘405 million euros,’ he added.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the Gulf of Guinea country has …

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