Several sources (including AFP and RFI) report the arrest by soldiers of Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, President of the Republic of Burkina-Faso, democratically re-elected for a second term in 2020. Soldiers positioned themselves in front of the RTB, Public Radio Television in Ouagadougou. The head of state is believed to be detained in a military…
🇧🇫 #BurkinaFaso Coup Number 9 seems to be under way || Countries in Africa with highest number of coups
Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba took command of Burkina Faso on January 24, after the arrest of President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré by mutinous soldiers. Who is this senior infantry officer in the Burkinabe Armed Forces? Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba. A name that has been in the news since Sunday January 23 in Africa. But what can…
Niger’s president, Mohamed Bazoum, is worried about his life and his position. Faced with the situation in Burkina Faso marked by mutinies in strategic barracks in Ouagadougou, Mohamed Bazoum left the presidential palace to go to sleep in his residence. According to BeninWebTv, the President of Niger Mohamed Bazoum, remained on the alert. According to…
The Coup in Burkina Faso appears to be progressing with coup leaders set to make formal announcement. The President of the republic had earlier been arrested . Meanwhile, the African Union has condemned the Coup attempt in a strongly worded statement.
A British Journalist working for Voice of America and Aljazerra , Henry Wilkins has narrated his ordeal in the hands of mutinying soldiers in troubled Burkina Faso. In series of tweets , Wilkins explained how the protesting soildiers apprehended him and his colleagues and later passed seriea of demands to the authorities. “BurkinaFaso Mutiny –…
By Ted McCoy(Contribute to Globe and Mail) Kaycee Madu is on leave from his position as Alberta’s Minister of Municipal Affairs, pending a probe into whether a call to Edmonton Police Chief Dale McFee to discuss a traffic stop was an attempt to interfere with the administration of justice. The scandal around Kaycee Madu’s actions…
Germany holds the presidency of the G7 in 2022. We take a look at the Group of Seven and the goals of the German government 2022 is the third time that Germany has assumed the G7 presidency. The German government has set itself a number of goals for its one-year presidency of this group of seven leading…
A Mauritanian delegation to Bamako, including Foreign Minister Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the Minister of Interior and the Director General of Security, has met the Malian authority to reveal the circumstances surounding the killing of seven Mauritanians on Malian soil. After the meeting, the Bamako government pledged to open a transparent and diligent investigation into…
Defense, Aerospace and Space Cluster Association SAHA Istanbul Chairman of the Board and Baykar General Manager Haluk Bayraktar evaluated the performance of the sector in 2021 to AA correspondent. Stating that Turkey is facing the positive outcomes of its vision of nationalization step by step from year to year, Bayraktar emphasized that the biggest success of the sector…
