Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso Set To Expose Nigerian Politicians Aiding Bandits

Intelligence agencies from Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso say they are preparing to reveal the names of senior Nigerian politicians alleged to be supporting bandit groups operating in Nigeria’s North-West. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter insurgency reporter, officials of the security agencies disclosed that they are already in possession of the names of some…

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Burkina Faso Bans Hom0s3xual Acts, Imposes Prison Sentences 

Military-led Burkina Faso has passed a law criminalising and banning homosexuality, imposing jail sentences for whoever violates the law. The country’s unelected transitional parliament on Monday passed the law, imposing up to five years’ jail term and fines as punishment for homosexual acts. In a broadcast on state-owned media, Justice Minister Edasso Rodrigue Bayala said,…

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Burkina Faso Foils Coup Plot, Fingers Exiled Officers In Ivory Coast

Burkina Faso’s military-led government has announced that it successfully thwarted what it described as a “major coup plot” targeting junta leader, Captain Ibrahim TraorĂ©, according to a report by the BBC on Tuesday. Burkina Faso’s Security Minister, Mahamadou Sana, disclosed in a televised address on Monday that both active and retired soldiers, allegedly working in…

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No Country Has Developed Under Democracy –  Burkina Faso Military President 

Captain Ibrahim TraorĂ©, Burkina Faso’s interim leader, has dismissed the notion that democracy is a prerequisite to development. TraorĂ© said it is difficult to pinpoint a country whose development is attributable to democracy as a system of government. According to him, it is false to believe any country has developed under a democratic system. The…

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