Burkina Faso News
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An Italian hostage kidnapped by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in February last year in southern Algeria was released on Tuesday and is in a hotel in Burkina Faso, officials said. "Maria Sandra Mariani is free. I have just informed her relatives. I join them in their great satisfaction and relief at this magnificent news," Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi was
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Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou is scheduled to leave for Africa on April 7 on his first trip to the region as the island's leader, to shore up ties with allies, his office said Wednesday. Ma will meet with the heads of Burkina Faso, Gambia, Sao Tome and Swaziland during the 12-day trip while inspecting Taiwan's agricultural, medical and educational missions,
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Ouagadougou — One year on from the start of several months of popular revolts in Burkina Faso, the situation has settled down, but the calm is fragile, say observers. The government has adopted several measures to appease its critics, including upping civil servant salaries, intensifying the fight against corruption, and subsidizing food prices, but high prices continue to pose huge
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Deteriorating security in the drought-hit Sahel and an uptick in piracy in the Gulf of Guinea were set to top the agenda at a West African regional meeting that opens in Nigeria's capital on Thursday. Leaders from 15-nations that make up the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are also scheduled to pick a new body chairman, replacing Nigeria's
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Ouagadougou — There is a growing panic among members of the Tuareg community in Mali. In order to escape the tragic end that befell some of their relatives, entire families have fled the country. "What is the news from Bamako?" is inscribed on his t-shirt. Mohamed Assalec attempts to give an answer: "We have suffered a lot on the road.
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Ouagadougou - A court in Burkina Faso slapped prison sentences on two locals and a Nigerian woman arrested last month with 71 vultures and three vulture heads to be used in voodoo rites, an official said on Thursday. The two Burkinabe men, aged 33 and 22, and the sexagenarian Nigerian woman, were sentenced on Wednesday to jail terms ranging from
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Burkina Faso's Prime Minister Luc Adolphe Tiao vowed on Thursday to be "merciless" in cases of corruption such as that of the head of the customs service arrested at the weekend. "It's unacceptable that a customs official, a state functionary, can hold ... almost two billion CFA francs (three million euros, $3.8 million) in a poor country," Tiao said in
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Ouagadougou - Burkina Faso's president fired the country's customs chief on Monday after his detention over the seizure of nearly $3.8m in trunks carried by a relative, sources close to the enquiry said on Monday. President Blaise Compaore issued a decree on Monday "ending" the services of Ousmane Guiro. No successor has been appointed. "We nabbed people carrying suitcases packed
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Burkina Faso and Niger are concerned about regional insecurity following the conflict in Libya which they fear has led to new arms trafficking, Niger's prime minister said Monday. "It is a major concern, the trafficking of arms is a real threat to the region," Rafini Briji said on a visit to Ouagadougou. "The conflict in Libya has created very complicated
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Burkina Faso's president Blaise Compaore said on Wednesday that Africa's perception of the International Criminal Court as a tool of Western imperialism needed to change. "Many African countries believe that the ICC was a tool from the Western world against African countries," Compaore said during a conference at the world war crimes court in The Hague. "There's a perception to
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Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore said Wednesday that Africa's perception of the International Criminal Court as a tool of Western imperialism needs to change. "It is our duty to sensitise Africans... We must continue to convince them that such a court is essential," Compaore said during a conference at the world war crimes court in The Hague. "There is a
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The sub-organising committee of the Africa Cup of Nations under the leadership of CAF President Issa Hayatou met on Friday, October 28 in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. Below are decisions taken: 1-The committee expressed satisfaction with the project report on preparations regarding the 2012 Orange Africa Cup of Nations. This follows the visit by the CAF Inspection team to Libreville, Franceville,
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Burkina Faso Prime Minister Luc Adolphe Tiao called on foreign mining companies active in the country to do more to help alleviate poverty hitting 42 percent of the 16 million population.
"We want to see the mining companies include in their investment plans substantial help to the local population socially, economically and culturally," he said at
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The Ambassador of Burkina Faso to Nigeria, Yameogo Dramane, has denied that the troubled Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi is seeking asylum in his country.
Speaking at the weekend in Abuja during an ECOWAS mini summit of six Heads of State and Government at the VIP Lounge of the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport,
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Ouagadougou - Burkina Faso on Tuesday ruled out granting asylum to deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, saying it did not want to create problems for the west African country.
"We cannot grant him asylum because for the past three years we have not had good relations with him," said government spokesperson Alain Traore. "We don't see
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Ouagadougou - A Burkina Faso judge has sentenced three policemen to prison over a student's death that sparked months of protests that left at least six dead.
Two policemen were sentenced to 10 years in prison on Tuesday and the other to eight years over the February death of Justin Zongo.
Zongo's family
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OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Hundreds of students in Burkina Faso crowded into a courtroom to watch a trial over a student's death that sparked months of protests that left at least six dead.
Three policemen on Monday faced charges of aggravated assault over Justin Zongo's death in police custody in February.
This
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Failing to conclude the transfer of the Congolese midfielder of Auxerre, Delvin Ndinga, Lyon realized that of the young axial defender of guingamp, Bakary Kone. The amount of the transfer was not disclosed. Coach of the great club of Rhone, Remy Garde, can’t stop singing the praises of the Burkinan player: "He is a player who has an interesting
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Rising football force Burkina Faso have named four newcomers in a 26-man squad to face South Africa at Ellis Park Wednesday in a high-profile friendly.
The new faces chosen by Portuguese coach Paulo Duarte include defender Moussa Doumbia and midfielders Fadil Sidou and Lossemby Karaboue from French clubs plus Switzerland-based striker Abdoulkarim Yoda.
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Burkina Faso installed Monday a new election commission after the previous one was dismissed amid criticism over November elections that handed President Blaise Compaore a large victory.
The newly composed Independent National Electoral Commission will have to organise next year's municipal and legislative elections amid unprecedented tensions which have seen military mutinies and other unrest this
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Ouagadougou - A highway accident involving two buses and a freight truck in Burkina Faso has killed at least 11 west Africans and injured 41, the government said late Sunday.
The overnight accident occurred about 200km west of the capital Ouagadougou, Territorial Administration Minister Jerome Bougouma said, adding that the victims included people from the nearby
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Ouagadougou — The government of Burkina Faso has responded to long-standing demands of farmers for greater support for small family producers with the launch of "Operation 100,000 Ploughs".
Smallholder farmers say this will strengthen the country's food security.
"The operation is welcomed by the Confédération Paysanne du Faso," said Bassiako Dao, who is
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Ouagadougou — The Burkina Faso authorities have sounded the alarm over the increased rate of degradation of forests in this Sahelian country.
According to a study by the Ministry for the Environment and Sustainable Development, some 110,550 hectares of forest are destroyed each year, just over four percent of the country's total wooded area - around
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Ouagadougou — Despite decisively putting down the most recent mutiny by rebellious soldiers, the Burkinabé government is facing questions over its ability to provide a long-term resolution to a crisis that has gripped the country for several months.
Soldiers have taken to the streets since March, demanding a daily food allowance and a housing subsidy among
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The Burkina Faso military has arrested 93 soldiers for alleged involvement in a mutiny after disgruntled troops wreaked havoc in the economic capital for days last week.
Six soldiers and a 14-year-old girl were killed in the southwestern city of Bobo Dioulasso on Friday when military units ended the rampage by the looting soldiers who demand
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