Tag: Burkina Faso

In the Sahel region, countries like Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are subject to violent attacks by extremist insurgents ...

Mrs Edomwonyi was convicted on Thursday in Benin, for the same offence she was rescued from at Seme borders, a ...

The GTI report said Boko Haram was responsible for only 69 deaths in Nigeria in 2021, a decrease of 77 ...

The allies, therefore "decided to commence the coordinated withdrawal of their respective military resources dedicated to these operations from Malian ...

Competition and events are expected to attract more than 10,000 spectators

Cameroon had most of the ball in the early few minutes but it was cagey with no clear chances for ...

In light of recent developments in Burkina Faso and elsewhere in the subregion, I am calling on the ECOWAS to ...

Egypt will face Senegal in the final.

Much more than a trend, increasing coups reflect a major crisis in West Africa’s political systems.

This is the most played fixture in the history of the continental tournament.

Both sides made it to the 2013 and 2019 finals respectively

The military government also said it has restored the constitution.

Burkina Faso had already been suspended from the West African regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States

Dango Ouattara’s goal on the stroke of halftime was enough for Burkina Faso to beat Tunisia at the Stade Roumdé ...

Picture credit: Nick_ Raille_07/Shutterstock The most recent military intervention of January 24 in Burkina Faso, combined with the other recent ...

Cameroon have looked very strong and boast the leading goal scorer in the tournament

The suspension was decided at a virtual ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government extraordinary session.

Coups in Africa. Picture credit: Souleymane Camara/Reuters/Council on Foreign Relations In a region where 15 of the 16 countries were ...

Post-colonial Africa has seen over 200 coup attempts, with roughly half seeing the head of government successfully removed. The democratic ...

The last quarter-final ticket was also decided via penalty kicks.

There have been four military coups in the West Africa sub-region in the last six months with the latest occurring ...

Monday's coup in Burkina Faso was the sixth in Africa since 2020, raising fear of regression of the continent into ...

The coup in Burkina Faso is the latest in a the region

All the good work in the group stage was for nothing as the Eagles are shocked by Tunisia

The Super Eagles have caught the attention of many football fans with the pleasing spectacle they have offered so far ...