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Emergence of an Alliance of Sahel States

18 September 2023

On 23 September 2023, the transitional governments of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger signed a security pact establishing the “Alliance of Sahel States” (AES).
“Our priority is the fight against terrorism in the three countries” declared the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mali, Abdoulaye Diop (…)

Alliance of Sahel States

Bamako (Mali) | 16 September 2023

Liptako-Gourma Charter
The Government of Burkina Faso, the Government of the Republic of Mali and the Government of the Republic of the Niger, hereinafter referred to as “the Contracting Parties”,
Reaffirming their commitment to international and regional legality, including as enshrined (…)

Thomas Sankara murder trial

10 February 2022

Burkina Faso organized the trial of the men who assassinated Thomas Sankara (photo), on 15 October 1987.
Sankara was an iconic African revolutionary, often compared to Che Guevara. He was anti-imperialist, socialist, pan-Africanist and Third-Worldist. He vehemently criticized the African (…)

Burkina-Faso: a coup d’état within a revolution

6 November 2014

After 27 years in power in Burkina Faso, President Blaise Compaoré was suddenly ousted by a popular uprising on 30 October 2014. Having kept himself in power since the riots of 2011 through brutal repression, he swiftly resigned and fled to Côte d’Ivoire.
Compaoré had announced his intention (…)