2023-06-02 20:42:31 Relieved, a member of Yacouba Isaac Zida’s defense team does not hide his slight surprise. “ We knew our arguments were strong, but we feared political pressure. In the end, the court was independent “, he explains. In a press release published Thursday, May 1, the UNIR-MPS, the Union for the Renaissance – … Read more
Published on : 27/10/2022 – 06:47 The Burkinabè armed forces are launching popular mobilization to deal with armed terrorist groups. Recruitment of 35,000 volunteers on behalf of the country’s municipalities and 15,000 volunteers for the patriotic watch and defense brigade is underway. Volunteers who will be trained and put to use in the fight against … Read more
Published on : 04/10/2022 – 17:46 A few days after the coup, dozens of people, brandishing Russian flags and shouting slogans glorifying Moscow, demonstrated in Ouagadougou against the visit of a delegation. Several dozen people demonstrated Tuesday, October 4 in Ouagadougou against the visit of a West African delegation to assess the situation in Burkina … Read more
Published on : 03/10/2022 – 16:07 In Burkina Faso, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba’s resignation speech was transmitted to RFI, then broadcast on Facebook. Recorded on Sunday October 2, the former president of the transition looks back on the events of this weekend. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba is particularly upset that theattack on Gaskindé’s convoyin the Soum, … Read more
Published on : 03/10/2022 – 14:05Modified : 03/10/2022 – 14:08 At the end of a confused day, a group of soldiers appeared on Friday, September 30, in front of national television cameras to announce the removal from power of the president of the transition, Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba, the closure of borders and suspension of … Read more
Published on : 03/10/2022 – 05:32 Consultations are still underway within the army. Three days after the coup led by the men of Captain Ibrahim Traoré, the situation is a little clearer. The former president of the transition, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, has resigned. The risks of clashes within the army seem to be fading. … Read more
AA/Ouagadougou/Dramane Traoré The current President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Umaro Sissoco Embalo, who is also President of the Republic of Guinea Bissau, welcomed in a statement on Sunday evening the resolution of the crisis. in Burkina Faso which resulted in the resignation of Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, without confrontation between … Read more
Published on : 01/10/2022 – 08:47 History is repeating itself in Burkina Faso. The country was shaken Friday, September 30 by a second coup in the space of eight months. After a day of uncertainty in Ouagadougou, about fifteen soldiers announced yesterday evening on the national radio and television set that Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba … Read more