Ougadougou, Burkina Faso | XINHUA | More than 100 civilians were killed and dozens wounded by suspected terrorists overnight in a village in northern Burkina Faso, according to media reports on Saturday. Terrorists raided the village of Solhan in the province of Yagha, killing residents of the village, burning …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Football team, the Cranes has been held to a goalless draw in group B of the Africa Cup of Nations -AFCON qualifier game played at St Mary’s Stadium, Kitende. The draw, against Burkina Faso, now delays Uganda’s hope of …
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FULL TIME: 🇺🇬 Uganda 0 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 0 🇸🇸 South Sudan 0 🇲🇼 Malawi 1 Dennis ONYANGO [GK+C] Nicholas WADADA Joseph OCHAYA Halid LWALIWA Murushid JJUKO Taddeo LWANGA Abdu LUMALA (Orit Ibrahim) Mike AZIRA (Moses Waisswa) Patrick KADDU (Bayo) Emmanuel OKWI Faruku MIYA Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & …
Read More »Caught up in Sahel war, Mali villagers flee to uncertainty
Sevare, Mali | AFP | Two months ago, all 400 inhabitants of the Malian village Toou grabbed a few belongings and fled fighting between armed groups, leaving their homes behind among the ghosts of the country’s war. Today, they sleep in an abandoned school in Sevare near the regional capital Mopti, …
Read More »Foreign forces in Sahel struggle with flagging public support
Bamako, Mali | AFP | If military operations depend on winning hearts and minds, the thousands of foreign troops deployed to the Sahel to combat jihadism seem to be on losing ground. At first welcomed, these troops find themselves today in the crosshairs as a growing number of locals in …
Read More »FUFA charters Uganda Airlines to Ouagadougou
✳ AFCON 2021 qualifying ⏺ Wednesday 10pm – Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 vs Uganda Cranes 🇺🇬 ⏺ Nov. 17, 2019 – Uganda Cranes 🇺🇬 vs Malawi Flames 🇲🇼 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | THE INDEPENDENT & AFP | New Uganda Cranes coach Johnathan McKinstry can count himself a very lucky man. His …
Read More »Inside Burkina Faso’s failing fight against jihadism
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | AFP | The expert cups his hands, with the ball-like space between them representing Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. He then slowly squeezes his palms together: “The vice is tightening,” he says. The movement is a distressing, yet truthful, statement of where Burkina Faso stands in …
Read More »Flee or die: The cruel choice in jihad-hit Burkina Faso
Yagma, Burkina Faso | AFP | “We have nothing,” says Belen Boureima, a 74-year-old farmer, as his weathered face contemplates the scrap of land in the remote village he and his family must now call home. “But it’s better to be alive here than to stay in Djibo and die.” …
Read More »12 civilians killed in jihadist attack in Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | AFP | Twelve civilians were killed on Thursday during a jihadist attack in the north of Burkina Faso, which has been battling a wave of Islamist violence, officials said Friday. The west African country declared a state of emergency in several provinces at the end of …
Read More »Burkina Faso president calls for closer cooperation with Uganda
Ouagadougou, BURKINA FASO | THE INDEPENDENT | The President of Burkina Faso Rock Marc Christian Kabore has called for closer bilateral cooperation between his country and Uganda. The President stated this while receiving letters of credence accrediting Amb. Nelson Ocheger as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Burkina …
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