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Human rights organisations and press freedom watchdogs are demanding answers after credible reports emerged that Burkina Faso’s military junta has been holding a prominent investigative journalist incommunicado for nearly three weeks. Ibrahim Sori, 42, editor of the independent online outlet Le Patriote Indépendant, was last seen on April 18 when plainclothes security agents reportedly bundled […]
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Rapid Mobilization Risks Fueling Abuses, Weakening Protections Burkina Faso’s Council of Ministers adopted a draft law on April 24 to create a 100,000-strong military reserve by the end of 2026. Defense Minister Célestin Simporé framed the move as a way to rapidly mobilize citizens to respond to security threats and “embed Patriotic Defense within a logic […]
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In the cotton-growing villages of western Burkina Faso, the trucks from SOFITEX have arrived every season for decades. They come at harvest time, collecting the white bolls that smallholder farmers in Boucle du Mouhoun have grown under the company’s input credit system — seeds and fertilizer on credit, repaid in cotton at harvest. The arrangement […]
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On a Friday in mid-April 2026, West African Resources Limited suspended trading in its shares on the Australian Securities Exchange. The company’s statement was measured — a trading halt to “ensure orderly trading and an informed market” while it prepared a formal response to a government proposal. The share suspension lasted until April 21. What […]
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A negotiator returns. A parliament purged. A war without end. Power won: Wadagni takes the presidency in Benin. Guelleh secures a sixth term in Djibouti. Kiir installs his replacements in South Sudan’s parliament the same day he removes the incumbents. Power lost: Speaker Jemma Nunu Kumba is stripped of her role overnight. Malema waits to learn if […]
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At the end of March, India delivered a consignment of 1,000 metric tonnes of rice to Burkina Faso to support its humanitarian efforts. This story is written and edited by Global South World Data from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) shows that Burkina Faso hosts around 2,062,534 internally displaced persons (IDPs) and close […]
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At Least 38 Civilians Killed; Women Abducted; Property Burned An Islamist armed group has killed at least 38 civilians, abducted 9 women, and burned property in 3 separate incidents in northeastern Burkina Faso since late January 2026, Human Rights Watch said today. The atrocities by the Al Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims […]
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A Dubai-based industrial group, Mark Cables, has completed a 200-megawatt thermal power plant in Burkina Faso, delivering a major boost to the country’s fragile energy system. Built in just six months at an estimated cost of $213 million, the project comes as Burkina Faso grapples with one of the lowest electricity access rates in the […]
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The Alliance of Sahel States (AES)—Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger—is pursuing an ambitious project to build the region’s first shared telecommunications satellite with Russian assistance. This initiative, discussed in high-level meetings with Russian officials and cosmonauts, aims to achieve technological independence and reduce reliance on Western infrastructure. The satellite will provide vital broadband internet, encrypted […]
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Togo has extradited Burkina Faso’s former president, Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, to Ouagadougou after authorities there accused him of plotting to assassinate current leader Ibrahim Traoré. Once a coup leader himself, Damiba ruled briefly in 2022 before being overthrown and fleeing into exile, where the junta says he continued to orchestrate destabilization efforts. Beyond the alleged […]
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