[UN News] More than 2.8 million people have been impacted by Nigeria's worst floods in a decade, with 1.3 million displaced and hundreds of lives lost, said the UN chief on Friday, expressing his sadness at the devastation.

[RFI] Ibrahim Traoré, the young army captain who led the latest coup in Burkina Faso, became interim president on Friday, vowing to win back territory from jihadists.

[MSF] Since 2018, Burkina Faso has been plagued by violent clashes in the Sahel, which have caused the internal displacement of over 1.5 million people, and has become the epicentre of multiple humanitarian crises.

[RFI] A forum bringing together political parties, social and religious groups and representatives of the security forces got underway in Burkina Faso on Friday, two weeks after a coup. But will it take into account the urgency to help the civilians ...

[Agenzia Fides] Bourzanga -- The city of Bourzanga, in northern Burkina Faso, is difficult to access due to the presence of armed groups along the road. This uncertainty is also affecting an aid program initiated by the Camillian Foundation CADIS Int...

[ISS] After the second coup in nine months, divisions in the army and security forces must be urgently resolved.

[The Conversation Africa] As if fighting in what - for now, at least - appears to be a losing battle in Ukraine weren't enough, the Wagner Group, a private army of Russian mercenaries commanded by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close associate of Vladimir Puti...

[UN News] The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has called for investigations into deaths and injuries resulting from last week's coup in Burkina Faso, Spokesperson Seif Magango said on Friday.

[RFI] Captain Ibrahim Traore was appointed as president of Burkina Faso on Wednesday, according to an official statement, after the West African country's second coup in less than nine months.

[DW] A close ally of Russia's President Vladimir Putin with his own private militia was quick to praise Friday's power grab by Captain Ibrahim Traore. The new junta accused France of seeking to stage a coup within a coup.

[RFI] Calm returned to Burkina Faso's capital on Monday after the country's military leader fled to neighbouring Togo following the second coup in less than nine months. His replacement, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has promised that a new civilian or mi...

[Agenzia Fides] Ouagadougou -- "Our response to the Kalashnikov is prayer", said Cardinal Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo, Archbishop of Ouagadougou, on Sunday, October 2, on the occasion of the opening of the Missionary Month.

[CFR] The latest military coup d'état would seem to be the least of Burkina Faso's problems.

[DW] Togo's government has confirmed reports that Burkina Faso's ousted coup leader Paul-Henri Damiba fled there following a mutiny of junior officers. Meanwhile, ECOWAS envoys were being sent to Ouagadougou.

[Premium Times] "The world is increasingly moving from democracy to illiberalism, and in West Africa's case, the pace of the slide towards illiberal democracy, and now into full-blown military dictatorship is alarming..."

[MAP] Rabat -- The Kingdom of Morocco expresses its deep concern following the events in Burkina Faso in recent days, said Monday the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad.

[Agenzia Fides] Ouagadougou -- "The situation in Ouagadougou is calm after the tensions on Friday September 30 and Saturday October 1", Church sources from the capital of Burkina Faso report to Fides, where a coup took place on September 30 (see Fide...

[Premium Times] Burkina Faso experienced its second coup in 2022 last Friday.

[DW] Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba offered his resignation, two days after junior military officers rebelled against his rule. The West African country is experiencing a coup within a coup after January's military takeover.

[RFI] Burkina Faso has been hit by confusion and uncertainty after suffering its second military coup in a year - with gunshots fired in the capital Ouagadougou on Saturday and protesters starting a fire outside the French embassy.

[DW] Burkina Faso's junta leader Damiba -- whom military officers claim to have ousted -- urged coup plotters to avoid a "fratricidal war." Damiba himself came to power in a coup less than a year ago.

[VOA] Ouagadougou -- Soldiers took over Burkina Faso's state broadcaster Friday night to announce they had deposed President Paul Henri Damiba, after just eight months in power.

[VOA] Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso -- On Sunday afternoon and throughout last night, large groups of protesters took to the streets of Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou, attacking the French embassy, burning tires and waving Russian flags. Chaos has de...

[VOA] Burkina Faso's new military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traore told VOA in an interview Saturday he is not looking for a confrontation with Burkinabe forces that might be supporting the ousted junta.

[allAfrica] The sound of gunfire in the capital Ouagadougou has raised fears of yet another coup. Residents were woken on September 30, 2022 by weapons fired in various camps in the capital. Soldiers reportedly fired heavy weapons at the Baba Sy Ouag...

[DW] The leader of Friday's coup has accused the military man he deposed of plotting a counter-offensive with French aid. Violence has persisted in the capital with gunshots heard.

[UN News] The UN Secretary-General expressed on Saturday his deep concern regarding the unfolding developments in Burkina Faso, where according to media reports, a group of military officers overthrew the man who had seized power in a coup only nine ...

[State Department] The United States is deeply concerned by events in Burkina Faso. We note that for the second time in eight months, military officers have asserted that they have dissolved the government and National Assembly and suspended the cons...

[VOA] Burkina Faso's army captain, Ibrahim Traore, announced Friday evening that the army had seized power and ousted military leader Paul Henri Damiba, who himself had taken power in a coup only eight months ago.

[VOA] Ouagadougou -- Troops in Burkina Faso have blocked streets in the capital, and state TV has stopped broadcasting after reports of heavy gunfire near the military camp where the country's junta leader is based. The signs point to a possible coup...