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France will on Thursday formally hand back its last military bases in Senegal, leaving the French army with no permanent…
Tuareg associations in Mali and Burkina Faso have filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court against their nations’ armies…
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My fellow African: For some time now, I have been meaning to get a few words across to you about…
Burkinabe dictator, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, is the dashing poster boy for military rule in the West African Sahel. Not too…
8th November 2024 PREVIEW Paris has lost power in its old chasse gardée but French companies…
In the last few years, several encounters between members of the Burkina Faso Armed Forces and ordinary Burkinabes have led…
The latest crop of putschists across West Africa shares a number of important features with its professional predecessors. Prime among…
Historical factors, including the enduring legacy of colonialism and the persistence of authoritarian political traditions, have deeply rooted the military…