Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso’s President Ibrahim Traoré speaking at the 2023 Russia–Africa Summit
International News

Burkina Faso’s President Traore Delivers Anti-Imperialist Speech at Russia-Africa Summit

August 9, 2023 fwstaff
By Steve Lalla (OrinocoTribune.com)—On the second day of the Russia–Africa summit, the president of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré, delivered an anti-imperialist address and employed slogans identified with the Cuban Revolution. Traoré assumed the presidency on […]
Burkina Faso and Niger military leaders hold meeting in Ouagadougou, Aug. 2, 2023
International News

Three Military Governments Say They Will Resist Any Western-backed Intervention in Niger

August 4, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe General Abdourahamane Tchiane, the chairman of the ruling military administration in the West African state of Niger, has rejected the call by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to relinquish […]
Burkina Faso ousted President Roch Marc Christian Kabore
International News

Burkina Faso Military Coup Reflects Wave of Insecurity in West Africa

January 31, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe There has been yet another military coup in West Africa following the events of Mali and Guinea during 2020-2021. This time lower-ranking army officers staged a mutiny in Burkina Faso over the […]