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Summit with ex-Burkina president Compaore hit by no-shows, protests

Burkina Faso leader Paul-Henri Damiba's planned reconciliation summit of former presidents got off to a rocky start on Friday as two declined to attend and another faced protests outside his house over the participation of former strongman Blaise Compaore.

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Niger: the west’s bulwark against jihadis and Russian influence in Africa

The country is emerging as a critical ally in a neighbourhood of failing states

Financial Times

Burkina Faso's ousted ex-president Compaore returns for summit

Burkina Faso's ex-president Blaise Compaore returned from exile on Thursday, almost eight years after he was toppled in an uprising, to take part in a meeting with interim president Paul-Henri Damiba and other former leaders.

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Morocco and Senegal move into knockout stages at women's Africa Cup of Nations

Morocco and Senegal advanced to the knockout stages from Group A at the women's Africa Cup with victories over Uganda and Burkina Faso respectively.

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Over 20 civilians killed in attack in northwest Burkina Faso

The West African country has experienced a wave of attacks in recent years as insecurity has spread across the Sahel.

Al Jazeera

Armed men kill at least 22 in north Burkina Faso attack

Armed assailants killed at least 22 civilians in northwest Burkina Faso on Monday, a local official said, the latest deadly attack in an area marred by militant activity.

Reuters

Dozens die in weekend jihadist attacks in northern Burkina Faso

Suspected jihadists killed at least 27 people in two separate attacks on villages in northern Burkina Faso at the weekend, according to local sources,.

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Ecowas lifts sanctions on Mali junta, agrees to Burkina transition timeline

West African leaders have lifted sanctions on Mali's military regime, accepting a deadline for a return to civilian rule by March 2024 and agreed to allow Burkina Faso two years for its transition back to democracy.

Radio France Internationale

West African bloc eases sanctions on Mali over democracy plan

Presidents of West Africa’s regional bloc agreed Sunday to lift economic and financial sanctions on Mali after the nation’s military leaders agreed to a return to democracy by 2024.

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West African leaders lift economic and financial sanctions on Mali

Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday lifted economic and financial sanctions imposed on Mali, after its military rulers proposed a 24-month transition to democracy and published a new electoral law.

Reuters

Sahel insecurity, post-coup sanctions loom large at ECOWAS summit

The Western African leaders are expected to discuss efforts to restore civilian rule in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Guinea.

Al Jazeera

Two police officers killed in north Benin attack

Two police officers were killed and one wounded in an attack on a police station in northwest Benin on Sunday, police sources said, the latest in a string of deadly assaults in an area affected by a spillover of militant activity in neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger.

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Burkina Faso gives civilians 14 days to evacuate ahead of military operations

Burkina Faso's army has given civilians two weeks to evacuate vast areas in its northern and southeastern regions ahead of military operations against Islamist insurgents, it said on Friday.

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Burkina Faso tells civilians to evacuate vast zones ahead of military operations

Burkina Faso's army has ordered civilians to evacuate two large "military interest zones" in its northern and southeastern regions ahead of anticipated operations against Islamist insurgents, it said.

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Eighth and last missing miner found dead in flooded Burkina Faso mine

The body of the last of eight miners who drowned in a Burkina Faso zinc mine owned by Trevali Mining Corp when it flooded on April 16 was found on Monday, the government said.

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French army says killed close to 40 militants in strike in Niger

The French army said on Thursday forces from its Operation Barkhane in West Africa had killed close to 40 militants in a strike near the border of Niger with Burkina Faso on June 14.

Al Jazeera

France says it has captured Islamic State bigwig in Mali

Oumeya Ould Albakaye, ISGS’s chief of two provinces in Mali and Burkina Faso was captured this week.

France 24

South Sudan: WFP to suspend some food assistance due to funding gaps

In tonight's edition: A desperate lack of funding has forced the World Food Programme to suspend some food aid in South Sudan just as the country needs it most. We speak to the WFP's acting country director, Adeyinka Badejo. Also, survivors of one of the most brutal extremist attacks in…

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Soldiers in Burkina Faso recover 79 bodies so far after weekend attack

Soldiers in Burkina Faso have recovered 79 bodies so far after an attack in the northern Seno province over the weekend, the government said on Tuesday, as new details of the assault emerged.

France 24

At least 50 civilians killed in suspected jihadist raid on Burkina Faso village

At least 50 civilians have died in an attack by suspected jihadists on a village in northern Burkina Faso, government spokesman Lionel Bilgo said on Monday, describing the killings as a revenge attack.

Reuters

At least 100 killed in Burkina Faso attack over weekend - sources

Armed men killed at least 100 civilians in a rural district of northern Burkina Faso over the weekend, a local and a security source said on Monday.

The Independent UK

Jihadi attacks mount in Burkina Faso despite junta's efforts

Attacks by Islamic extremists are on the rise five months after mutinous soldiers overthrew Burkina Faso's democratically elected president

Reuters

Attackers kill 11 military police in Burkina Faso

Eleven military police were killed in northern Burkina Faso on Thursday evening when their post was attacked by armed men, the army said in a statement on Friday.

Zenger

In Burkina Faso, Local Militias Take Lead In Anti-Terror Fight

The ongoing insurgency that has raged across much of Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in West Africa, has brought misery and suffering to the nation of 21 million.

Reuters

Seventh missing miner found dead in flooded Burkina Faso mine

A seventh dead body of a miner missing from a Burkina Faso zinc mine owned by Trevali Mining Corp that flooded on April 16 was discovered on Wednesday and search teams are continuing to look for an eighth, the government said in a statement.

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