Category: Burkina Faso

This Saturday, October 29, 2022, a unit from the Natiaboani military detachment and a group of VDPs, returning from a supply mission in Fada, were attacked by a group of terrorists near the locality of Kikideni (province of Gourma, region of the orists at high The fighting unfortunately cost the lives of 15 combatants, including 13 soldiers and 2 VDPs. There are also 04 wounded (03 soldiers and 01 VDP) and 11 people still wanted. The deployed reinforcements are currently carrying out search and search operations in the area. The…

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The General Staff of the Burkinabe Armed Forces announced that a Burkinabe army base in the Djibo region was subjected to a violent attack with intense direct and indirect fire on the morning of Monday, October 24. 10 soldiers during the fighting and about fifty (50) wounded were taken care of. On the enemy side, at least 18 bodies of terrorists were counted during the search operations that are still going on.” The 14th Gibo Regiment, on the morning of October 24, 2022, faced a terrorist attack targeting its base.…

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After a day that witnessed the shooting in the presidential district of Ouagadougou, about fifteen soldiers in military uniforms, stood in front of the official channel this Friday evening, September 30, Captain Ibrahim Traoré read a statement announcing the dismissal of junta leader Paul Henry Sandaugo Damiba, in power since the January 23, 2022 coup, dissolution of the government, suspension of the constitution, as well as closing the country’s borders until further notice, and a curfew was imposed from 9 pm to 5 am. “The risky options of Lieutenant Colonel…

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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) condemns in the strongest terms the seizure of power by force which has just taken place this Friday, September 30, 2022 in Burkina Faso. ECOWAS finds this new coup inopportune at a time when progress has been made, thanks to diplomacy and the efforts of ECOWAS for an orderly return to constitutional order no later than July 1, 2024. ECOWAS reaffirms its unreserved opposition to any seizure or maintenance of power by unconstitutional means and demands scrupulous respect of the timetable already…

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The army in Burkina Faso announced the neutralization of about 41 militants and the death of 8 soldiers during an ambush against a unit of the 11th Commando Infantry Regiment According to the statement, the unit carried out a particularly strong and brave response that forced the terrorists to flee, leaving behind 41 bodies, and weapons, ammunition and vehicles were seized, on the Burkinabe side. Unfortunately, eight (08) soldiers lost their lives during the fighting and dozens more were wounded.

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PRESS RELEASE FROM THE GOVERNOR OF THE SAHEL REGION On September 5, 2022, an escorted supply convoy, leaving for Ouagadougou, was the target of an attack. One of the vehicles carrying civilians in the said convoy exploded on contact with an improvised explosive device. The provisional report as of September 5 at 5 p.m. reports thirty-five (35) dead and of thirty-seven (37) wounded, all civilians. The incident happened between Djibo and Bourzanga. The escort elements quickly secured the perimeter and took measures to provide assistance to the victims. The wounded…

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Burkinabe Prime Minister Albert Ouedraogo revealed, Tuesday evening, in an interview with national television, that very few terrorist attacks committed in Burkina Faso were claimed by some parties, but the government has an idea of ​​the motives of the perpetrators of these attacks. “We don’t have a very clear idea of ​​who is adopting them (terrorist attacks), but we do have an idea of ​​their motives. The different underlying features tell the motives those people are seeking,” Ouedraogo said. He added, “We know very well today who is attacking us.…

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The Burkina Faso army announced, on Friday, the neutralization of 114 “terrorists” in various anti-terror operations carried out from July 15 to August 15, which claimed the lives of four soldiers, fourteen volunteers of the homeland defense fighters and five civilians. According to the monthly bulletin of the Burkinabe army published on Friday, at least 50 “terrorists” were neutralized on 25 July in response to an attempted attack on a military detachment in Kelbo (Sahel), specifying that pickups and thirty motorcycles and large quantities of weapons were found. weapons. The…

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