[ISS] Stability in West Africa requires that both organisations take pragmatic and flexible approaches, and learn from past mistakes.

[UN News] Renewed attacks on civilians in eastern Burkina Faso by non-State armed groups have forced thousands to flee to neighbouring Niger in search of safety, amid a deepening emergency, UN humanitarians have warned.

[Independent (Kampala)] Governments that allocate substantial resources to the military can inadvertently increase the political power of the military.

[IFJ] Adama Bayala, a regular commentator on the private television station BF1 talkshow, ' Presse Echos', has been missing since he left his office on 28 June, reported informed news outlet Libre Info. Before Bayala was reported missing, a message o...

[allAfrica] Dakar -- "I am telling you here, there will be a renegotiation of contracts relating to natural resources," this is one of the strong announcements that the President of the Republic of Senegal, HE Bassirou Diomaye Faye, made during his i...

[CPJ] Dakar -- Burkinabe authorities should immediately and comprehensively investigate the disappearance of columnist Alain Traoré after armed men in masks claiming to be agents of the National Intelligence Agency (ANR) took Traoré, a sati...

[MFWA] Alain Niozè Traoré, a journalist with Radio Omega in Burkina Faso has been reported missing.

[IFJ] Adama Bayala, a regular commentator on the private television station BF1 talkshow, ' Presse Echos', has been missing since he left his office on 28 June, reported informed news outlet Libre Info. Before Bayala was reported missing, a message o...

[HRW] Nairobi -- Authorities Should Urgently Locate the Missing; African Commission Should Speak Out

[Accra Times] As a peace envoy supported by Togolese President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe, Faye is seen as possibly the best among heads of state for a mission to try to woo the three nations back to the fold of regional cooperation

[MFWA] Adama Bayala, a journalist with the private broadcaster, BF1, remains unfound after he disappeared on June 28, 2024. Neither his family nor his colleagues have heard from him since he left his office around 2pm on that fateful day. He is feare...

[Nyasa Times] Malawi Flames have been grouped alongside Burkina Faso, Burundi and 2021 champions, Senegal for the Africa Cup of Nation (AFCON) Morocco 2025,, whose qualifiers will kick off next month.

[Daily Trust] The President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Commission, Dr Omar Alieu Touray, has lamented that despite several efforts being made by the regional bloc to bring Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger back to the fold,...

[CPJ] Dakar -- The Burkinabe authorities must do everything possible to find and ensure the safety of missing journalists Serge Atiana Oulon, Kalifara Séré, and Adama Bayala, and refrain from censoring the media, the Committee to Protect Jo...

[Afrobarometer] Amid post-coup uncertainty, trusting other people may be a rational response.

[Premium Times] Mr Asante said he was aware that the parliament had been engaging high-level officials of those states through its members to ensure their return to ECOWAS.

[World Bank] Ouagadougou -- The World Bank today launched (i) the Burkina Faso Economic Update and (ii) the Country Economic Memorandum (CEM).

[MFWA] The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) expresses deep outrage over the abduction of journalist Atiana Serge Oulon on June 24, 2024, in Ouagadougou. Mr. Oulon, the editor-in-chief of L'Évènement, was taken from his home at dawn b...

[MFWA] Burkina Faso's media regulator has descended heavily on several media outlets, with two media organisations suspended in less than 24 hours.

[MFWA] The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is deeply concerned with the suspension of French news channel TV5 Monde-Afrique by the Burkinabe authorities and calls for dialogue to resolve the impasse.