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[Africa Check] IN SHORT: A message circulating on Facebook claims that Nigeria has launched a missile strike on Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, targeting the country's military head of state, Ibrahim Traoré. The claim is false.

[Africa Check] IN SHORT: TikTok videos claim Burkina Faso's leader is dead, but all evidence shows Ibrahim Traoré is alive and still popular among pan-Africanists.

[Liberian Observer] The political landscape of West Africa is shifting in ways that no one, least of all ECOWAS, seems prepared to handle. What began as a troubling pattern of military coups has evolved into something far more profound: the forging o...

[CFR] Rather than a beacon of hope, Burkinabè tyrant Ibrahim Traoré is a pointer to everything that is wrong with the continent.

[World Bank] Washington -- The World Bank today approved the Restoring Education System Performance and Improving Resilience (REPAIR) Project. This $140 million project includes a $10 million grant from the Window for Host Communities and Refugees.

[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia -- A group of Liberian protesters on Wednesday staged a demonstration outside the Ivorian Embassy near Monrovia, denouncing what they called foreign interference in the internal affairs of Burkina Faso.

[The Conversation Africa] The Illustrated Flora of Burkina Faso and Mali is the first comprehensive documentation of the remarkable plant diversity in these two west African countries.

[People's Dispatch] Recent aggression against the Sahel countries saw thousands across Africa rally in solidarity with Burkina Faso and Captain Ibrahim Traoré, denouncing foreign interference and imperialist destabilization.

[World Bank] Washington -- The World Bank today approved the $216 million Sikasso-Korhogo-Bobo-Dioulasso (SKBo) Basin of Integration Project to strengthen the resilience of transport infrastructure to the challenges posed by climate change in the sub...

[Liberian Investigator] Temple of Justice, Monrovia -- The Monrovia City Court has ordered the imprisonment of five women accused of trafficking 14 Liberian children to Burkina Faso.

[People's Dispatch] The government of the African country accuses neighboring Côte d'Ivoire of housing coup masterminds

[ISS] The challenge will be translating the country's rich mineral resources and promising economy into stability and development.

[Ecowas] The Extraordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the contingency plan and modalities on the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Republics of Mali and Niger from ECOWAS holds from Apri...

[Premium Times] PREMIUM TIMES reports that the three junta-led countries made their official exit from ECOWAS earlier in the year.

[allAfrica] Ecowas Deliberates Exit of Sahel States From Regional Bloc

[RFI] Burkina Faso's military junta claimed Monday to have foiled a "major plot in the making" aimed at "sowing total chaos", saying it believed the masterminds were in neighbouring Côte d'Ivoire.

[Premium Times] Traoré's anti-democratic posture is not a blueprint for development -- it is a calculated strategy to entrench military rule under the guise of a populist revolution.

[allAfrica] Dakar -- Several officers of the Burkinabe armed forces were arrested, and two of them reportedly relieved of their duties as corps commanders. Several junta supporters have suggested a coup attempt, pointing the finger at exiled military...

[allAfrica] Africa Mourns Death of Pope Francis

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[Ghanaian Times] Mali booked their place in the final of the TotalEnergies CAF Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations with a commanding 2-0 win over Burkina Faso in Tuesday's semi-final in Casablanca.

[The Conversation] The Fulani people are Africa's largest pastoralist group . There are between 25 million and 40 million Fulani people across 17 African countries , from the Atlantic shores of Senegal and Mauritania to Sudan.

[MFWA] The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is alarmed by the reappearance of three Burkinabè journalists--Guezouma Sanogo, Boukari Ouoba, and Luc Pagbelguem--in a viral video showing them dressed in military uniforms.

[MFWA] The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is extremely concerned about the 500,000 FCFA (USD 843) fine imposed on BF1 Television by Burkina Faso's media regulator, the Conseil Supérieur de la Communication (CSC), on March 26, 2025.

[MFWA] The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) strongly condemns the arrest of journalist Luc Pagbelguem of the privately owned television station BF1, and calls on the authorities to release him immediately.