Tag Archives: Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso can do fashion revolutions as well as ideological ones! Black gowns and white wigs – the traditional attire of the country’s court magistrates and clerks since colonial times – are out. Legal-sector officials will now wear a locally-sourced ...

Burkina Faso’s presidential office reported that talks have been held between interim President Ibrahim Traore and a delegation led by Russia’s deputy defense minister to investigate possible military cooperation between the two countries. A Russian delegation held talks with Interim ...

The 1961 treaty between the West African nation and France is no more, according to AFP. The government in Ouagadougou has officially renounced the military assistance agreement with Paris and given France 30 days to withdraw all military personnel from ...

South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa’s worst-hit country, has banned cruise ships from its ports. More than 1,700 people are stranded on a liner off Cape Town over fears that some have the virus.

Anti-government protesters in Burkina Faso today set their National parliament ablaze adhering to a decision by members of parliament to examine the country’s constitution to permit President Blaise Compaore extend his 27-year rule. The parliament members were set to ovote ...