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In this article you will read why Burkina Faso president urged people not to party on Republic Day

Peace in the Sahel region can be achieved if we practice and adhere to “open fraternity”, or a love without limitations, according to the Catholic Bishops Conference. The bishops also encouraged the use of dialogue to settle differences and diffuse conflicts. “Dialogue has the potential to be a continuous stimulant…

The UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) became “hostage to the Moroccan authorities,” unable even “to report on the human rights situation in the territory, unlike any other UN peace-keeping mission,” said Kamal Fadel, Western Sahara’s representative to Australia and the Pacific  

Burkina Faso not ruling out reviewing its relations with Russia - The Maravi Post

Thirty-five years ago this month, one of Africa’s greatest revolutionaries was murdered by former comrades. “Africa’s Che Guevara,” as he was known, was shot down in a coup d’etat by soldiers who were rebelling against his socialist transformation of Burkina Faso, a landlocked and poor rem...

Burkina faso is a small, landlocked former french colony in west africa, which used to be called upper volta. in 1984, it changed its name. burkina faso means the land of honest people. whether that was meant to be a statement of fact orjust an aspiration isnt clear. but its been in turmoil for the whole of this year with a couple of coups in a matter of months. the biggest problem is a jihadi insurgency, and burkina fasos best friend in dealing with that seems to be russia and in particular the...

On a certain street, we try to geo—locate the street and we try to find other videos of the same protests, different angles, just to verify that it did actually happen. ive been accused time and again over the years of working for british intelligence against iran and so on. in my work as a bbc correspondent. i mean, presumably the iranian authorities make the same claims about you, dont they? absolutely. the bbc is considered an anti—iran news outlet. they call any report about iran that ma...

An anti—iran news outlet. they call any report about iran that may paint the authorities in a bad light as an anti—iran report, not anti establishment. if you criticise the authorities, you are criticising iran. thats how they want to project this for their audience. burkina faso is a small, landlocked, former french colony in west africa, which used to be called upper volta. in 1984, it changed its name. burkina faso means the land of honest people. whether that was meant to be a statement ...

There have been two military coups in the West African state of Burkina Faso since January as attacks by rebel groupings are fueling...