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A Maryland man was sentenced today to life in prison for forcibly sexually assaulting two minor girls in Burkina Faso in 2022 and 2023. After a two-week trial in October 2025, a federal jury in the District of Maryland convicted Fode Sitafa Mara,...

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(MENAFN) Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signaled Monday his country's readiness to forge deeper and broader ties with African nations, with particular emphasis on Burkina Faso. Pezeshkian delivered the message during a meeting in the Iranian...

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(MENAFN) Burkina Faso's military regime has abolished every political party and political organization operating within its borders Thursday, justifying the sweeping action as essential for safeguarding national cohesion and overhauling the...

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(MENAFN) Burkina Faso’s military government announced that it has thwarted a plot to assassinate Capt. Ibrahim Traoré, the country’s head of state.

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(MENAFN) Burkina Faso’s authorities announced late Tuesday they had disrupted an alleged coup attempt targeting President Capt. Ibrahim Traore, accusing former transitional leader Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba of masterminding the plan....

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(MENAFN) Togo has arrested and extradited Burkina Faso’s former leader, Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, to his home country following allegations that he plotted to assassinate his successor, Ibrahim Traoré. Damiba, who seized power in a 2022 coup...