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China arms Burkina Faso as Sahel turns away from Western security promises
South China Morning Post
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August 16, 2025
China is equipping Burkina Faso’s military and positioning itself for greater influence in the Sahel, filling a vacuum left by the collapse of security partnerships with Western nations, especially the United States and France. The move is part of...
Climate crisis harming world heritage painted houses in Burkina Faso, say residents
The Guardian
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August 15, 2025
A world heritage site that was once a famous tourist destination is suffering from signs of disintegration, as climate change affects weather patterns. The wavy-walled houses covered with singular geometric lines of the Royal Court of Tiébélé in...
After Burkina Faso and Mali, Niger Extends Salkadamna Coal Project Invitation to Togo
Togo First
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(Togo First) - Niger is expanding its Salkadamna coal project to include Togo, after securing partnerships with Burkina Faso and Mali. On August 13, 2025, Niger’s Energy Minister Amadou Haoua presented the project to Togo’s authorities, including...
A New Ukrainian Peace Plan, Eliminating Mail-In Ballots and Voting Machines, Russian Defense Summit
theTrumpet
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Church attendance among young people has quadrupled over the last seven years. “Christianity undoubtedly has a new energy,” wrote the Times in its lengthy weekend essay on the revival. “Last Easter, the Catholic diocese of Westminster in London...
From Ouagadougou to Oceania: Burkina Faso leader a Pacific resistance symbol
The Strategist
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August 14, 2025
In a world increasingly shaped by digital influence and disillusionment with the Western-led global order, Captain Ibrahim Traore has emerged as an icon of anti-colonial resistance. He seized power in Burkina Faso through a military coup in 2022,...
Burkina Faso: Traoré, a conservative, anti-democratic despot
Amandla
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August 12, 2025
Amandla! sent a series of questions to Rahmane Idrissa. Here are the questions and his answers. Amandla!: Ibrahim Traoré came to power in a coup in 2022. What was the situation in the country that led to the coup? Rahmane Idrissa: Traoré came to...
€17.2m solar project aims to lift Burkina Faso from among Africa’s least electrified countries
Business Insider Africa
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August 13, 2025
The funding will go toward building and operating an 18 MWp solar power plant in Dédougou, marking a key step in the government’s drive to expand renewable energy in Africa and cut dependence on costly, carbon-intensive power sources. The project...
Burkina Faso acquires long-range MLRS capability with Chinese SR5 for the first time
Defense News Security News Army Recognition
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According to information published by Hammer of War on X on 7 August 2025, Burkina Faso has received a major shipment of Chinese-manufactured military equipment, including VN22B fire support vehicles, PLL-05 120 mm self-propelled gun-mortars, and...
Next-gen open-access fiber network reduces reliance on subsea cables in West Africa
Business Day
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August 18, 2025
CSquared, a pan-African technology company, has announced a major expansion of its West African fiber network, unveiling a next-generation, open-access backbone that promises to reduce the region’s overdependence on subsea cables for internet...
Gibraltar: The Strait That No Longer Divides Africa from Europe, but Two Visions of the World
Morocco World News
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August 18, 2025
For decades, the Strait of Gibraltar marked the boundary between a developed North and a dependent South. Today, it has become something else entirely, a strategic fault line between Europe turning inward and an emerging African front, anchored by...
Financing local dev't: FEICOM renews support to network of African insti...
The Guardian Post
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He was speaking during the handing over ceremony of the new bureau of RIAFCO in Yaounde. The event was also punctuated with a session among FEICOM staff and RIAFCO officials. The bureau was put in place during the 13th Ordinary General Assembly of...
Expections At United Nation General Assembly 80th Session Kudus Research And
Modern Ghana
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th Session by way of anticipate and forecasting possibly to discuss major issues at the UNGA and also at the United Nation Security Council among other issues of interest to the United Nation General Assembly 80th Session. The UN General Assembly...
Top 10 African countries with the highest fuel prices in August 2025
Business Insider Africa
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August 18, 2025
High fuel costs increase transportation costs, making it more expensive to move people and products. Because most agricultural goods require long-distance transportation, households will face greater commute expenses and higher food prices. Rising...
The Sahel: a key region for European security
Atalayar
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August 18, 2025
In this interview, journalist and international correspondent Alberto Masegosa takes an in-depth look at the complex situation in the Sahel, an African region marked by instability, the advance of jihadism, the withdrawal of Western powers and the...
Burkina Faso’s upgrades defence with delivery of Chinese-made armoured vehicles, artillery systems
Business Insider Africa
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August 10, 2025
According to Defense Blog, the delivery includes VN22B wheeled fire support vehicles, PLL-05 120 mm self-propelled gun-mortars, and SR5 multiple rocket launch systems. Footage posted on social media showed rows of the newly painted vehicles in...
US Commends Nigeria Over Arrest Of Two Wanted Ansaru Terror Leaders
Sahara Reporters
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The United States Mission in Nigeria has hailed the Nigerian Government and security forces over the arrest of two wanted leaders of the terror group, Ansaru. In a statement on Monday, the Mission identified the suspects as Mahmud Muhammad Usman,...
China Rearms Burkina Faso with New Armour and Artillery: President Traore Stresses Defence Modernisation
Military Watch
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August 9, 2025
The Burkina Faso Army has received large quantities of Chinese armoured vehicles and artillery systems, including VN22B fire support vehicles, PLL-05 120mm self-propelled gun mortars, and SR5 rocket artillery systems. The equipment was...
Burkina Faso vs Central African Republic LIVE Score Updates: African Nations Championship Match (3-1)
VAVEL
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August 6, 2025
Thank you very much Thank you very much for joining us in our live coverage of the Burkina Faso vs Central African Republic match, corresponding to Group B on Matchday 2 of the African Nations Championship. We wish you all a happy evening. END OF...
Goals and Highlights: Burkina Faso 4-2 Central African Republic in African Nations Championship
VAVEL
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August 6, 2025
Thank you very much Thank you very much for joining us in our live coverage of the Burkina Faso vs Central African Republic match, corresponding to Group B on Matchday 2 of the African Nations Championship. We wish you all a happy evening. END OF...
China delivers artillery and armor to Burkina Faso
Defence Blog
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August 8, 2025
A large shipment of Chinese-made armored vehicles and artillery systems has arrived in Burkina Faso. The delivery includes VN22B fire support vehicles, PLL-05 120mm self-propelled gun-mortars, and SR5 multiple rocket launch systems. The shipment...