On September 23, 2024, an attempted coup aimed at returning ousted President Paul-Henri Sandago Damiba to power was foiled in Burkina Faso. According to authorities, the country’s former special forces commander, Ahmad Kinda, confessed to organizing the plot, which was financed from abroad. Kinda said that 150 mercenaries from the Central African Republic were brought in to carry out the ...
By Hend Selim The director of the Sahara and Africa Center for Strategic Studies Dr. Abdel Fattah Al Fatihi has talked about the Sahel Confederation’s projects, the accusations of supporting terrorism in Mali and the Sahel countries against Ukraine, Türkiye’s role in the Sahel region, the relations between Senegal and the Sahel states in the near future and ECOWAS’s future. What are ...
By Özgür Altınbaş Burkina Faso made a move against Western colonialism with the coup in September 2022, contributing significantly to the weakening of colonial powers in Africa. Ibrahim Traoré, the head of the interim government, improved relations with Türkiye, Russia and China. After spending more than 3 months in Burkina Faso, Italian/Russian journalist Vittorio Nicola Rangeloni explained the latest developments ...
By Hend Selim Dr. Ahmad Mezab, the Expert in military and security issues and crisis management, Consultant at Africa Geopolitics Center for Studies and former President of the Algerian-African Peace Committee has talked about the colonial powers’ interests in Africa, anti-France and ani-America waves in Africa, the future of ECOWAS and recent coups in West African countries. How do you ...
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger dominate the headlines in West Africa and beyond with their breakaway from the ECOWAS and the establishment of a new alliance. Their governments frequently state a new phase of struggle against neocolonialism that goes along with the opening up to the realities of a multipolar world. On these issues, we spoke with Karamoko Jean Marie ...
The Tuareg factor in Burkina Faso has the least influence on organized terrorist activity compared to Mali and Niger. The Tuaregs are an ancient Berber people living primarily in the Sahel countries – Mali, Niger, northern Burkina Faso, and in parts of the Maghreb countries – southwestern Libya and southeastern Algeria. The Tuareg began a continuous migration to the southwest ...
The post-colonial period in Africa witnessed a series of coups d’état that left an indelible mark on the continent’s political landscape. Emerging from the ashes of colonial rule, many newly independent African nations grappled with political instability, economic challenges, and struggles for power. Coups became a recurring phenomenon, reflecting the complex interplay of internal and external forces that shaped the ...
By Oumar Sidibe * Who could have imagined in 1985, when the war between Mali and Burkina Faso broke out, that these two countries would be forming a federation today? Mali and Burkina are two border countries with strong cultural and linguistic connections. They have similar relations as with Senegal, with which Mali has already formed a federation between 1959 ...
After the scandal with the expulsion of the French ambassador from Burkina Faso, Paris was seriously concerned about its situation on the continent. On January 3, the French Foreign Ministry said that in December they received a letter requesting the recall of their ambassador from the African country. The expulsion of Ambassador Luc Hallade came a few days after the ...
On the sidelines of the International Organization of Francophonie (IOF) summit, held in Tunis on November 19-20, 2022, French President Emmanuel Macron accused Russia of fomenting anti-French sentiment by condemning the actions of the PMC Wagner group cooperation in Mali and the CAR. Macron accused Russia of following personal interests and a “plundering project” in African countries, where France has ...