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BREAKING: ECOWAS keeps borders open for Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger

Akanji Philip January 29, 2025 0 Comment

The Economic Community of West African States has announced that despite the official withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger from the bloc on Wednesday (today), citizens and businesses from these countries will continue...

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Africa

Burkina Faso junta chief dissolves government

VAM News December 7, 2024 0 Comment

News Update THE military junta in Burkina Faso dismissed Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela on Friday and dissolved the government. “The prime minister’s official functions are terminated,” read a decree issued by...

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Africa

Mali, Niger, B/Faso absent as ECOWAS parliament mulls mediation C’ttee— Report

Akanji Philip May 22, 2024 0 Comment

The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Parliament, yesterday mulled the appointment of an ad hoc mediation committee to get Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso absent at the extraordinary session, to rescind their...

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ECOWAS: Tinubu seeks help of Senegalese President for Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso

Akanji Philip May 17, 2024 0 Comment

President Bola Tinubu has appealed to his Senegalese counterpart Bassirou Faye to join him in persuading Mali, Niger and Bourkina Faso to return to the fold of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)....

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Africa

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger set for federation

VAM News December 3, 2023 0 Comment

VOICE AIR MEDIA News Update THE foreign ministers of military-ruled Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger on Friday recommended creating a confederation as part of a long-term goal of uniting the West African neighbours within...

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Africa

Inside Burkina Faso: Construction Of First Gold Refinery Begins

VAM News November 26, 2023 0 Comment

VAM News Update Burkina Faso’s junta-led government has launched the construction of the country’s first refinery for gold, Burkina’s main mineral resource, officials said. The refinery which was launched on Thursday will have a...

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Africa

Coup Attempt In Burkina Faso: Here’s details so far

VAM News September 28, 2023 0 Comment

VOICE AIR MEDIA News Update THE junta in Burkina Faso, which toppled a military regime to gain power, has announced that there was a coup attempt. In a statement, the junta said an attempt...

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Africa

Jihadists reportedly kill 17 soldiers, 36 volunteers

Akanji Philip September 6, 2023 0 Comment

Fifty-three members of the security forces in Burkina Faso have been killed in an attack north of the country by suspected jihadists. Seventeen soldiers and 36 civilian volunteers for the army...

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World News

President Macron: No Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger Without France

VAM News September 2, 2023 0 Comment

VOICE AIR MEDIA French President Emmanuel Macron has boasted that without France’s military operations in the Sahel region, “there would probably no longer be a Mali…Burkina Faso, and I’m not sure there would still...

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Africa

JUST IN: Niger allows Mali, Burkina Faso troops to intervene in case of attack

Akanji Philip August 25, 2023 0 Comment

Niger has authorised Mali and Burkina Faso’s armed forces to intervene on its territory in case of an attack. The three allies’ foreign ministers said they had met in the Nigerien capital Niamey...