[Centre 4s] Following the disruption of their relations with the French and American militaries, Sahel countries have forged new partnerships to obtain satellite imagery. These tools--precious in the fight against terrorism and trafficking in drugs, ...

[Crisis Group] Nairobi/Brussels -- Africa is beset by trouble at home while grasping for options in dealing with today's jumbled global order. The challenges to peace and security are many. This briefing identifies seven that should top the agenda as...

[Daily Trust] The United Nations rights chief, on Thursday, called on the Burkina Faso government to halt all repression of civic space and to overturn its plan to prohibit all political parties.

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[The New Humanitarian] Dakar/Ouagagoudou -- "We have an acute humanitarian crisis, but a government that alienates aid workers."

[HRW] Military Rulers Dissolve All Political Parties

[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.

[MFWA] Sosthène Yaméogo, a 62-year-old former lecturer and orchestra conductor at Joseph Ki-Zerbo University in Ouagadougou, was arrested at his home on January 31, 2026, by armed men.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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...