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Burkina Faso: one year after Serge Oulon’s abduction, RSF presses Senegalese ambassador on missing and forcibly conscripted journalists
A year after the abduction of journalist Serge Oulon, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is calling on Saïdou Maïga, the ...
Armed men in western Niger kill 34 soldiers and wound 14, authorities say
Officals in Niger say armed men have killed 34 soldiers in western Niger near the tri-state border with Mali and Burkina Faso ...
A confidential brief urges the ICC to investigate Wagner's promotion of atrocities in West Africa
The International Criminal Court is reviewing a confidential legal report arguing that the Russia-linked Wagner group has ...
No, Karoline Leavitt didn't tell Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traoré to 'sit down, boy'
In June 2025, videos surfaced on social media alleging that White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt had told interim ...
Takeaways from AP report on Wagner allegedly committing war crimes by promoting atrocities
The International Criminal Court has been asked to review a confidential legal report arguing that the Russia-linked Wagner ...
Ecofin Agency3d
Burkina Faso to Tax WAEMU Bond Interest Starting August 1
Burkina Faso to tax interest on new WAEMU bonds from Aug 1, 2025, excluding its own. • Ends unregulated tax exemption causing state revenue losses. Burkina Faso will begin taxing interest earned on ...
Nuclear Engineering International6d
Russia, Burkina Faso ink nuclear pact
Russia has signed a comprehensive nuclear cooperation agreement with Burkina Faso on the sidelines of the St Petersburg ...
Ecofin Agency14d
Angola’s foreign minister begins tour in Senegal and Sahel alliance states
Téte António visits Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger to deepen ties • Tour aligns with Angola’s role as African Union president in 2025 • Angola seeks to strengthen political, economic, and ...