Independent English-language coverage of Burkina Faso's most pressing news and developments.
In a West African sub-region undergoing profound geopolitical shifts, Cotonou is steadily expanding its network of security sovereignty. A meeting at the Ministry of National Defence between Beninese authorities and a high-level diplomatic and military […]
Can a country recover billions of francs simply by removing workers who never showed up? In Gabon, that question is no longer theoretical. The transitional authorities have officially dismissed more than 1,400 public employees for […]
Something unusual is happening on the African venture capital map. For years, the continent’s startup funding conversation revolved around a familiar cast: Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and Egypt, with Senegal and Morocco occasionally stepping into […]
Can Senegal’s President really dissolve a parliament led by his rival? Bassirou Diomaye Faye has openly acknowledged his break with Ousmane Sonko, and he is leaving the door open to dissolving the National Assembly — […]
When Niger’s military government moved to strip several of its own citizens of their nationality, it simultaneously kept a Beninese activist wanted by Cotonou under its official wing. That contradiction now sits at the heart […]
What if a country’s debt burden could be turned into a tool for educating its children? That was the central question when Dr Souleymane Diarrassouba, Minister of Planning and Development, travelled to New York for […]
The cameras rolled, the armored vehicles gleamed, and the rhetoric soared. Burkina Faso’s transitional government knows how to stage a military parade. But behind the carefully choreographed images of the Chinese-made Sky Dragon 30 air-defense […]
The early morning attack in the Abala-Filingué department has dealt another crushing blow to the nation. A patrol of the Rapid Action Group for Surveillance and Intervention (GARSI) was ambushed by terrorists in an assault […]
Can Benin turn its commitment to social equity into tangible change for people with disabilities? The latest handover of 1,422 chance equality cards suggests the government is trying, but the question remains whether these documents […]
In the early hours of Wednesday, 23 September 2026, a quiet township roughly 30 kilometres south of Durban became the scene of yet another mass killing. At least 11 people — among them a pregnant […]
The gap between official declarations and what is actually happening on the ground has become almost impossible to ignore. While Captain Ibrahim Traoré continues to tell audiences that Burkina Faso is edging ever closer to […]
What happens when a nurse’s midnight arrest collides with Ghana’s democratic promises? Salomay Bafoh Awiti—a graduate nurse at Abetifi Hospital in Techiman—was seized from her home by heavily armed security agents, thrown into secret detention, […]