Burkina Faso

Caisse nationale de sécurité sociale Dosso, Niger. (Wikimedia Commons/CC/ Sakou Gado)

pension politics

Premium badgeOp Ed: Francophone Africa coups focus on pension stability

Health and pension rights have become a priority for African transitional authorities, who have recognised that social benefits are key to political s...

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projects suspended

Premium badgeCoup d’état in Niger: Is Niamey-Cotonou corridor a lost cause? With funding frozen since the Niger coup, a Niger-Benin road project to facilitate access of Nigerien goods has stalled.
An Air France Airbus A320 departing from Paris’ Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport, October 27, 2015.

sunset tour

Premium badgeMali, Burkina, Niger… The end of a golden age for Air France? By leaving Bamako in a hurry, the French airline has incurred the wrath of the local authorities. With services to several African destinations suspen...
Niger’s military leaders greet supporters at a rally in Seyni-Kountché stadium in Niamey on 26 August, a day after they ordered the French ambassador to leave. (Photo: AFP)

home guard

Premium badgeNiger: 5 questions over call for civilian mobilisation against ECOWAS Thousands of Nigeriens have shown interest in volunteering for a civil defence force, even though the process has not officially begun.

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Caisse nationale de sécurité sociale Dosso, Niger. (Wikimedia Commons/CC/ Sakou Gado)

pension politics

Premium badgeOp Ed: Francophone Africa coups focus on pension stability Health and pension rights have become a priority for African transitional authorities, who have recognised that social benefits are key to political s...
jad20230830-eco-benin-route-de-niamey-01-1256×628-1693408402 © The National Interstate Highway 2 (RNIE 2) runs from Cotonou to the border with Niger. Gabin Degan/CC BY-SA 4.0

projects suspended

Premium badgeCoup d’état in Niger: Is Niamey-Cotonou corridor a lost cause? With funding frozen since the Niger coup, a Niger-Benin road project to facilitate access of Nigerien goods has stalled.
An Air France Airbus A320 departing from Paris’ Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport, October 27, 2015.

sunset tour

Premium badgeMali, Burkina, Niger… The end of a golden age for Air France? By leaving Bamako in a hurry, the French airline has incurred the wrath of the local authorities. With services to several African destinations suspen...

Burkina Faso top stories

Caisse nationale de sécurité sociale Dosso, Niger. (Wikimedia Commons/CC/ Sakou Gado)

pension politics

Premium badgeOp Ed: Francophone Africa coups focus on pension stability Health and pension rights have become a priority for African transitional authorities, who have recognised that social benefits are key to political s...
jad20230830-eco-benin-route-de-niamey-01-1256×628-1693408402 © The National Interstate Highway 2 (RNIE 2) runs from Cotonou to the border with Niger. Gabin Degan/CC BY-SA 4.0

projects suspended

Premium badgeCoup d’état in Niger: Is Niamey-Cotonou corridor a lost cause? With funding frozen since the Niger coup, a Niger-Benin road project to facilitate access of Nigerien goods has stalled.
An Air France Airbus A320 departing from Paris’ Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport, October 27, 2015.

sunset tour

Premium badgeMali, Burkina, Niger… The end of a golden age for Air France? By leaving Bamako in a hurry, the French airline has incurred the wrath of the local authorities. With services to several African destinations suspen...

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abracadabra

The ‘disappearance’ of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger: A French paradox In his annual address to the French ambassadors’ conference, the French President reiterated his conviction that three African states would have disap...
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About Turn

Premium badgeThor considers post-coup Burkina Faso pull-out as Nigeria lithium climbs agenda Thor Explorations may leave Burkina Faso with lithium exploration in Nigeria now a strategic priority, says CEO Segun Lawson.
Colonel Sadiba Koulibaly (L) and Colonel Mamady Doumbouya (R), coup leaders in Guinea. (©JA Montage: John Wessels/AFP/All rights reserved)

trend setting

Premium badgeCoups in Francophone Africa in past three years – a timeline Eight governments have been overthrown in Francophone African countries in the past three years.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, 25 May 2023. (AFP/Concord Group)

What’s next?

Premium badgeThe myth of Wagner in Africa Following the Wagner mutiny that shook President Vladimir Putin in June, and the recent coup in Niger, speculation about the activities of the private...
NIger Demonstration in support of the coup plotters in Niamey, 30 July 2023. © AFP

uncommitted

Premium badgeMorocco remains silent over Niger coup Since the coup erupted in Niger, Morocco has been reserved in its stance, in sharp contrast with ECOWAS and several AU members’ decisive action.
Abdel-Fatau Musah, commissioner for political affairs, peace and security at the Economic Community of West Africa States. (Photo: ECOWAS)

what revolution?

Premium badgeExclusive: ECOWAS commissioner Musah dissects Niger coup – Part 2 In Part 2 of our exclusive interview, Abdel-Fatau Musah says the Niger crisis is not an anti-West coup, a narrative only adopted after deposing Presid...