BREAKING: DSS Arrests Edo-Based Activist, Five Others Over Planned Rally For Burkina Faso’s Revolutionary Leader, ...

Operatives of Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested Marxist activist and leader of the Talakawa Parliament, Comrade Kola Edokpayi, in Benin City, Edo State, over a proposed Pan-African solidarity rally in support of Burkina Faso’s …

Attempted Coup Thwarted in Burkina Faso

Amid efforts aimed at nationalization and economic development, the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) slanders a leading member of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) Geostrategic Analysis Another plot to destabilize Burkina Faso was reported last week …

Supporters Rally in Burkina Faso Amid Alleged Coup Plot

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Thousands of supporters of Burkina Faso’s ruling junta gathered in the capital on Wednesday, demonstrating their backing just days after the government announced it had thwarted a plot to overthrow the military leadership. The …

Memes, social media disinformation fuel support for Burkina junta leader

Kehinde Sanni spends his days smoothing out dents and repainting scratched bumpers in a modest autobody shop in Lagos. He has never left Nigeria, yet he speaks glowingly of Burkina Faso military leader Ibrahim Traore. “Nigeria needs someone like Ibrahim …

Burkina Faso and Mali’s fabulous flora: new plant life record released

The Illustrated Flora of Burkina Faso and Mali is the first comprehensive documentation of the remarkable plant diversity in these two west African countries. The new illustrated guide. Written in French, the book is the outcome of decades of botanical …

Quick takes: Feds probe Listeria outbreak, Burkina Faso reports first Zika case, more H5N1 in US poultry

GODS_AND_KINGS / iStock Children younger than 5 years exposed to maternal syphilis in utero, including those with congenital syphilis detected at birth, were at higher risk for all-cause hospitalization and had longer hospital stays, according to a  …

Burkina Faso and Mali’s fabulous flora: new plant life recor...

The Illustrated Flora of Burkina Faso and Mali is the first comprehensive documentation of the remarkable plant diversity in these two west African countries. Written in French, the book is the outcome of decades of botanical research and scientific …

After changing his date of birth, this Cardinal from Burkina Faso can now vote in the conclave

WE CAN ALL be guilty of leaving things to the last minute, but leaving something until the eve of your 80th birthday can look a little suspect. The conclave to appoint the next pope will begin on 7 May and one Cardinal will be allowed a vote after he …

Burkina Faso Expands State Control Over Mines Amid Economic Reforms

Thousands rally in Burkina Faso in support of military junta following alleged coup attempt

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Thousands of people rallied in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou on Wednesday in support of the military junta after an alleged coup attempt and comments by an American official criticizing junta leader Ibrahim Traore. Last week, the …