MOSCOW (AA) – Russia plans to increase the number of military instructors in Burkina Faso, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. Speaking at a news conference following a meeting with his Burkinabe counterpart Jean-Marie Traore in the capital Ouagadougou, Lavrov named the “fight against terrorism” as the goal of bilateral ...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Burkina Faso’s military government said Wednesday that it thwarted a coup attempt by security and intelligence services a day before. The transitional government informed the public “that a coup attempt was foiled on Sept. 26, 2023 by the Burkinabe intelligence and security services.” Officers and other individuals behind...