The “imazighen”, an indigenous population of North Africa, celebrate between2 and 14 the Berber New Year, a marked ancestral date of this diverse local culture, only officially recognized in recent decades from Morocco to Libya.

Ibrahim Traoré, the leader of Burkina Faso, has banned judges from donning wigs that are symbolic of colonial French and British outfits. Colonial-era wigs have long been associated with foreign dominance in African legal systems.

Burkina Faso Joins Chad, Senegal in Criticising Macron’s Comments on Africa | Firstpost Africa Burkina Faso has joined Chad and Senegal in vociferously criticising French President Emmanuel Macron’s comments last week on Africa.

Ibrahim Traore hits back at French president saying that African leaders had ‘forgotten to say thank you" to Paris for ‘helping to combat’ insurgencies - Anadolu Ajansı

West African leaders considered military intervention to stop Niger from falling under the sway of a junta following a coup.

In a statement issued Jan. 10, Benin’s Catholic bishops said that diversity in opinions should be a “source of strength” for the country’s democracy.

Members of the French DGSE were 'held hostage' for a year in Ouagadougou, accused of espionage by putsch leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré. It took bitter negotiations and the decisive intervention of Morocco to secure their release.

Their loved ones were slaughtered by extremists or government-affiliated fighters. Their villages were attacked, their homes destroyed.

The law that could see 2015 coup plotters pardoned might set a dangerous precedent, while the current president has already dodged several coup attempts, according to state media

A group known as Muryar Talaka Awareness Initiative has commended the federal government over its diplomatic efforts in Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso.

Mali's military government is holding gold seized from Barrick Gold's Loulo-Gounkoto mine site at state-owned Banque Malienne de Solidarite (BMS), two sources said, as the miner pursues plans to suspend its operations in the country.

Their loved ones were slaughtered by extremists or government-affiliated fighters OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso -- Their loved ones were slaughtered by Islamic extremists or government-affiliated ...