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Thu, 05 Feb 2026 07:46:47 GMT
All of Africa Today - February 5, 2026
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Thu, 05 Feb 2026 04:42:10 GMT
Arrests and Red Tape - How Burkina Faso's Junta Is Throttling Humanitarian Aid
[The New Humanitarian] Dakar/Ouagagoudou -- "We have an acute humanitarian crisis, but a government that alienates aid workers."

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 04:52:47 GMT
Burkina Faso's Junta Pulls the Plug On Political Life
[HRW] Military Rulers Dissolve All Political Parties

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 19:30:49 GMT
A Dubious Turn in the Sahel
[CFR] Washington, DC -- Washington's latest diplomatic overtures to the three junta-led Sahelian states send the wrong message about U.S. tolerance of bad behavior in the region.

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 06:10:13 GMT
Burkina Faso Junta Dissolves All Political Parties
[DW] Political parties in Burkina Faso have already been banned from holding public events, but could still operate internally. Now, a decree dissolves them entirely.

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:18:10 GMT
Russia, Burkina Faso Mull Satellite Project for Sahel Alliance
[Daba Finance] Officials from Russia and Burkina Faso have discussed cooperation on launching a Russian telecommunications satellite to serve the Alliance of Sahel States, extending Moscow's growing engagement across the region.

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 21:55:42 GMT
Burkina Faso Football Chiefs Sack Coach Traor for Failure At Cup of Nations
[RFI] Burkina Faso football federation bosses on Wednesday sacked coach Brama Traore and all of his staff just over a week after the national squad was eliminated from the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:16:30 GMT
Côte d'Ivoire, Mali and Burkina Faso - a Shared History Collides With Political Fractures
[African Arguments] For many decades, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Mali constituted one of the most integrated spaces of human and economic circulation in West Africa. Beyond simple geographical neighbours, these three former French colonies ...

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 07:20:24 GMT
Assassination Plot Against President Ibrahim Traore Foiled in Burkina Faso
[People's Dispatch] A plot to kill Burkina Faso's president, Ibrahim Traoré, and disable a drone base, ahead of a planned foreign military intervention, was thwarted by security forces, while Burkinabes took to the streets sloganeering in suppor...

Sat, 10 Jan 2026 07:18:47 GMT
Macron Seeks to Reset France's Africa Policy Amid Shrinking Influence
[RFI] President Emmanuel Macron has called for a "rebalanced", "equal-to-equal" partnership between France and African countries, signalling a continued shift away from the military-heavy approach that long defined France's presence on the continent.

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 19:49:37 GMT
Burkina Faso Govt Says It Foiled Another Coup to Oust Traore
[Premium Times] The junta accused the former transitional President, Paul-Henri Damiba, of orchestrating the plot, according to the BBC.

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 21:41:32 GMT
Burkina Faso Says It Foiled Coup Attempt Against President Traore
[Shabelle] Burkina Faso, Bobo -- Burkina Faso's government says it has thwarted an attempted coup against President Ibrahim Traore, accusing former transitional president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba of masterminding the plot.

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 08:06:59 GMT
Algeria, Côte d'Ivoire Win to Finalize #Afcon2025 Quarter-final Line Up
[CAF] Algeria 1-0 DR Congo (AET)Scorer: Adil Boulbina (118)

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