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Tag: Burkina Faso

**FILE** Soldiers of Regiment of Presidential Security in Ouagadougou during the 2015 Burkinabé coup d'état. (VOA via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inInternational

West Africa Grapples with New Wave of Military Coups

by Oswald T. Brown February 9, 2022February 10, 2022

It’s a pattern becoming all too common again in West Africa: mutinous soldiers detain a president, then seize control of the state broadcaster to announce they’ve taken over the country. International condemnation quickly follows but the junta remains in power.

Posted inBill Fletcher Jr., Columnists, Op-Ed, Opinion

Revolutionary Lessons from Burkina Faso

by Bill Fletcher Jr. September 28, 2015October 30, 2020
Posted inWorld

Mogho Naba: Burkina Faso’s Mediator Monarch

by Washington Informer September 24, 2015October 30, 2020
Posted inWorld

Burkina Faso Coup: Michel Kafando Reinstated as President

by Washington Informer September 23, 2015October 30, 2020
Posted inWorld

Rival Forces in Burkina Stand-Off Ahead of Mediation Mission

by Washington Informer September 22, 2015October 30, 2020
Posted inWorld

Burkina Faso: Mediators hint at post-coup breakthrough

by NNPAFreddie September 19, 2015October 30, 2020
Posted inWorld

Military in Burkina Faso Confirms Coup, Dissolves Government

by Reporter II September 17, 2015October 30, 2020
Posted inWorld

Burkina Faso Army Accepts Transition Charter

by Washington Informer November 14, 2014October 30, 2020
Posted inWorld

Burkina Faso General Goes to France for Treatment

by Washington Informer November 13, 2014October 30, 2020

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