Burkina Faso President Roch Kaboré reportedly detained by military
The President of Burkina Faso, Roch Kaboré, has reportedly been detained by mutinying soldiers.
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The President of Burkina Faso, Roch Kaboré, has reportedly been detained by mutinying soldiers.
Suspected jihadists have massacred at least 138 civilians in Burkina Faso’s volatile north in the deadliest attacks since Islamist violence erupted in the west African country in 2015, officials said Saturday.
Armed assailants killed about 100 civilians in an overnight attack on a village in northern Burkina Faso, in what was the country’s deadliest attack in years.
While he was on the campaign trail last November, President Roch Marc Christian Kabore had a mantra — “We shall not negotiate” — when talking about Burkina Faso’s jihadist insurgency.
Burkina Faso’s President Roch Marc Christian Kabore said Friday he had received the congratulations of the leader of the opposition, a day after official results showed he was re-elected by a landslide.
Burkina Faso’s President Roch Marc Christian Kabore was re-elected by a landslide, according to election results announced Thursday, which the opposition “reserved the right” to challenge.
Opposition parties in Burkina Faso said preparations were on for “massive fraud” in Sunday’s presidential election and threatened to not recognise the vote results.
Militants killed 36 civilians when they attacked villages in northern Burkina Faso, the government said Tuesday, appealing for local volunteers to bolster its fight against jihadists.
Suspected Islamist militants have killed 35 civilians, 31 of them women, in an attack on a military base and a town in Burkina Faso, officials say.
Burkina Faso has suspended the activities of a small political opposition party for three months after it demanded President Roch Marc Christian Kabore and his administration resign, the government said on Wednesday.