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A Catholic Missionary seminarian, said that two Nigerian girls were burnt to death by their boyfriends in Burkina Faso.   The seminarian who disclosed this on Twitter said the incident happened on Wednesday, May 3, 2023.    According to him, the remains of the girls were buried on Thursday afternoon, …

CNN  —  At least 44 civilians were killed in two separate attacks on villages in northern Burkina Faso, authorities there said. A local governor, Rodolphe Sorgho, blamed terrorists for the “despicable and barbaic” attacks, without naming a specific group. In a statement Sorgho gave his “sincere condolences to the grieving …

Opinion by Marine Olivesi (ouagadougou, burkina faso) Thursday, March 23, 2023 Inter Press Service OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, Mar 23 (IPS) – Over a million children in Burkina Faso are currently affected by school closures with 6,134 academic institutions shut as of February 2023, an increase of over 40 per cent since …

The president, in a statement by his Spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, on Monday in Abuja expressed his condolences and prayed for the safety of other Nigerians stranded there. ”The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the Nigerian Embassy in Burkina Faso, is engaging with the Burkinabe authorities and awaits the outcome …

The Jam?iyyatu Ansariddeen Attijaniyya of Nigeria has said their adherents were shot dead allegedly by Burkina Faso soldiers on their way to the home country of their leader, Sheikhul-islam Alhaji Ibrahim Niasse in Senegal. Sayyidi Mohammad AlQasim Yahaya, national secretary of the movement, who disclosed this at a news conference …

CNN  —  The military government of Burkina Faso has demanded the departure of French troops from the country, according to the government press agency Agence d’Information du Burkina (AIB). France has exactly one month to remove its troops from Burkina Faso, according to the terms of the 2018 agreement, AIB …

The US Trade Representative’s office said the decision was due to concerns over ‘unconstitutional change’ in government. The United States has dropped Burkina Faso from its trade preference programme citing deep concerns over “unconstitutional change” in government in the West African country, the US Trade Representative’s (USTR) office said on …

In a statement released on Saturday, Mr. Guterres announced that he had full confidence in the UN system in Burkina Faso, as well as in Ms. Manzi’s commitment and professionalism. For years, Burkina Faso has suffered from political instability, and saw two military coups in 2022 alone. This year also …

Violence from multiple armed groups in Burkina Faso has displaced more than two million people. Burkina Faso’s military government in a statement on Friday ordered senior United Nations official Barbara Manzi to leave the country immediately, without giving a reason. When contacted, a government spokesperson did not immediately say why …

CNN  —  The mediator sent to Burkina Faso by West Africa’s main political and economic bloc ECOWAS, Mahamadou Issoufou, on Tuesday said he was satisfied by a meeting with the country’s new military leader Ibrahim Traore. Issoufou added that the 15-member bloc would continue accompanying Burkina Faso’s transition to constitutional …