“Burkina Faso: Journalists and Activists Targeted by Government Conspiracy”

2023-04-30 02:40:18 Espionage and destabilization. Wendpouire Charles Sawadogo would be charged with the offense of ” intelligence with foreign countries with a view to dismissing the regime in place ». In a press release published on Saturday evening, the “Collective of journalists, activists and opinion leaders victims of threats in Burkina Faso” denounces ” a … Read more

“Deadly Terrorist Attack Kills 33 Soldiers in Eastern Burkina Faso – Latest News & Updates”

2023-04-27 21:20:44 Thirty-three soldiers were killed on Thursday April 27 in an attack by terrorist groups in eastern Burkina Fasoannounced the Burkinabè army in a press release. “The military detachment of Ougarou”, in the Eastern region, “faced a large complex attack on the morning of Thursday,” the army statement said. “Thirty-three of our soldiers unfortunately … Read more

Senegal: Idrissa Seck presidential candidate of 2024

Published on : 14/04/2023 – 22:39 In Senegal, former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck has announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election. However, he did not specify whether President Macky Sall, his current ally in the presidential camp, could legally run for office or not. this election after two terms. In Burkina Faso, the transitional … Read more

Burkina Faso decrees “general mobilization” against terrorist groups

The Burkina Faso decreed, Thursday, April 13, “the general mobilization” to face the security crisis that the country is going through, in the grip of a resurgence of terrorist attacks. “It is above all through this decree to give a legal, legal framework to all the actions to be implemented to deal with the situation … Read more

44 civilians killed in attack on two villages in the north of the country

Forty-four civilians were killed in the attack on two villages in the northeast of Burkina Fasonear the Niger border, by “armed terrorist groups”, on the night of Thursday April 6 to Friday April 7, the governor of the Sahel region said in a statement on Saturday. “The provisional assessment of this despicable and barbaric attack” … Read more

Reporters Without Borders warns that press freedom is increasingly under threat in the Sahel

Press freedom is increasingly under threat in the Sahel, warns Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in an investigation entitled “In the shoes of a journalist in the Sahel”. In this forty-page document, the NGO details the multiple dangers and threats faced by journalists in the region. Chance of the calendar: this publication comes the day after … Read more

“The Sahel, soon a zone of non-information?”

Published on : 03/04/2023 – 08:08 On the front page of the press, this Monday, April 3, the reactions to the expulsions from Burkina Faso of the correspondents of the French daily newspapers Le Monde and Liberation, after the suspension of the broadcast of France F24 and RFI. The presentation, today in France, of the … Read more