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ECOWAS Leaders Lift Sanctions On Guinea, Burkina Faso

Global UpfrontJul 4, 2022July 4, 20220

West African leaders attending a regional summit agreed Sunday to lift sanctions on two neighbors led by military governments that are now promising a return

Guinea And Burkina Faso Juntas Risk More Sanctions Over Democratic Transition Delays

Global UpfrontApr 25, 2022April 25, 20220

CONAKRY/OUAGADOUGOU, April 25 (Reuters) – Guinea’s ruling junta on Monday signalled it might break a deadline to set out its plans to return to civilian

Burkina Faso’s Ex-president Compaoré Sentenced To Life Over Murder Of Pan-African Folk Hero Thomas Sankara

Global UpfrontApr 6, 2022April 6, 20220

Burkina Faso’s former president Blaise Compaoré was sentenced in absentia to life in jail over his role in the 1987 murder of the country’s revolutionary

Burkina Faso’s Activists Take A Wait-and-See Approach To The Junta

Global UpfrontMar 28, 2022March 28, 20220

Clair MacDougall, World Politics Review, Monday March 28, 2022 OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso—In 2014, Arouna Loure, a Burkinabe activist, anesthesiologist and leader of the grassroots political

Burkina Faso Junta Approve 3-year Transition, Bar Members From Presidential, Legislative Elections

Global UpfrontMar 1, 2022March 1, 20220

Burkina Faso’s junta chief on Tuesday signed a charter setting a three-year transition period before the country holds elections, an AFP journalist said, just over

UN Security Council Voices ‘Concern’ Over Burkina Faso, But Stops Short of ‘Coup’ Label

Global UpfrontFeb 10, 2022February 10, 20220

The UN Security Council (UNSC) expressed “serious concern” Wednesday over Burkina Faso’s “unconstitutional change of government” last month, but chose not to describe it as

ECOWAS Chairman Says ‘Contagious’ Mali Coup Setting Dangerous Trend

Global UpfrontFeb 3, 2022February 3, 20220

The chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said on Thursday that a coup in Mali was “contagious” and had set a

U.S. Govt’s MCC Stops Compact Activities in Burkina Faso Over Military Coup

Global UpfrontFeb 1, 2022February 1, 20220

Following the January 23 coup in Burkina Faso, the U.S. government on Monday stopped one of its agencies, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) from executing

U.S. Express Support for ECOWAS and African Union Actions on Burkina Faso

Global UpfrontFeb 1, 2022February 1, 20220

The United States (U.S.) has expressed support for the actions so far taken by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Africa

Burkina Faso Coup: Latest Sign of Rise in Ballot Box Being Traded for Bullets

Global UpfrontJan 26, 2022January 26, 20220

When news broke that soldiers had mutinied in Burkina Faso, it was hardly surprising. Burkina Faso’s history has been plagued by both army mutinies and