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SAHEL ACTIVATES MAXIMUM ALERT AS TENSION ESCALATES WITH NIGERIA
https://youtu.be/8yDzRf7jBywGood analysis, recommended follow
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Burkina Faso: Captain Ibrahim TRAORÉ orders the acceleration of road paving work through the handover of this new batch of equipment consisting of more than 200 machines.
The President of Burkina Faso, Head of State, His Excellency Captain Ibrahim Traoré, presented a consignment of equipment to the Faso Mêbo Presidential Initiative and the Military Engineering Corps on Wednesday, December 10, 2025. This heavy logistical support will bolster road construction efforts for development. ... read full post
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Burkina Faso: Support for the Revolution: Students from Tougan march and contribute to Faso Mêbo
As in several other locations in Burkina Faso, a large-scale mobilization took place on Wednesday morning, December 10, 2025, in the streets of Tougan, the capital of Sourou province. Thousands of students responded to the call from the Tougan Students' League to organize a march and rally. The stated objective of this event was to express strong support for the vision and educational policy of the Head of State, Captain Ibrahim Traoré. ... read full post
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Burkina Faso delivers five new socio-economic and community infrastructure projects for the Kénédougou province. This projects will help to strengthen social cohesion and stimulate local development.
https://faso7.com/2025/12/06/renforcement-de-la-cohesion-sociale-interpeace-offre-cinq-infrastructures-a-la-commune-de-koloko/The municipality of Koloko, in the Kénédougou province, officially received five new socio-economic and community infrastructure projects on the morning of Friday, December 5, 2025. Built by Interpeace and its partners, these projects are part of a broader effort to strengthen social cohesion and stimulate local development. ... read full post
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Burkina Faso: BUTEC successfully closes financing for the emergency project of two 50 MW thermal power plants. This marks a major strategic milestone for the energy sector in Burkina Faso
https://burkina24.com/2025/12/10/butec-cloture-avec-succes-le-financement-du-projet-durgence-de-deux-centrales-thermiques-de-50-mw-au-burkina-faso/December 8, 2025 – The BUTEC Group announced that it has successfully closed the financing for a major design, build, operate and transfer (BOOT) project of two thermal power plants with a total capacity of 50 MW in Burkina Faso. ... read full post
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Burkina Faso: The Association Générations Solidaires (AGS) is implementing the Age-Friendly Country Initiative (IBF-ADA) to improve the treatment of elderly people
https://faso7.com/2025/12/09/ziniare-lassociation-generations-solidaires-ags-met-en-place-le-label-ibf-ada-pour-un-meilleur-traitement-des-personnes-du-troisieme-age/The Association Générations Solidaires (AGS) organised a situational analysis workshop for elderly people, entitled "Friendship with the Elders", from November 27 to December 3, 2025, in Ziniaré. ... read full post
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Burkina Faso: 150 social housing units handed over to internally displaced persons and host communities in Boussouma
https://faso7.com/2025/12/09/burkina-faso-150-logements-sociaux-remis-aux-personnes-deplacees-internes-et-aux-communautes-hotes-a-boussouma/Internally displaced persons (IDPs) and host communities in the commune of Boussouma, in the Kuilsé region (formerly Centre-Nord), received significant support in the form of housing infrastructure on Tuesday, December 9, 2025. One hundred and fifty social housing units were officially handed over to them by the Burkinabe government and its partners, Japan and UN-Habitat, as part of the IPDCA-BF project. ... read full post
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David Hundeyin, Nigerian journalist and founder of West Africa Weekly, Slams French-Nigerian Attack on Benin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHc2xajAerUOn the morning of December 7, elements of Benin's military took to the airwaves to announce the overthrow of Western-backed President Patrice Talon. Calling themselves the "Military Committee for Refoundation," they condemned Talon for imprisoning his opponents and allowing the elite to control "all vital sectors of the economy." The coup leaders also criticised the deteriorating security situation in northern Benin, which has become a base for Al Qaeda-affiliated insurgents attacking neighbouring Niger and Burkina Faso. ... read full post
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The AES denounces a violation of Burkinabe airspace by a Nigerian military aircraft
https://francais.rt.com/afrique/128169-aes-denonce-violation-espace-aerien-nigeriaThe Confederation of Sahel States (AES) denounced on December 8 the violation of Burkinabe airspace by a Nigerian military aircraft, which was forced to land in Bobo-Dioulasso. The incident occurred amid heightened regional tensions, marked by the military intervention of Nigeria and ECOWAS in Benin. ... read full post
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Rubber-Stamp Senate Approves Tinubu’s Troop Deployment to Benin at France’s Order Despite Insecurity In Nigeria
https://westafricaweekly.com/rubber-stamp-senate-approves-tinubus-troop-deployment-to-benin-at-frances-order-despite-insecurity-in-nigeria/Nigeria’s Senate has approved President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s request to deploy troops to the Benin Republic following the attempted coup that shook the neighbouring country over the weekend. The approval came just now after Tinubu briefed lawmakers on Benin’s formal call for assistance and the urgency of preventing the mutiny from escalating. ... read full post
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Was the Ethiopian Revolution Marxist?
https://youtu.be/uR3SUhFAOPMExploring the Ethiopian Revolution through René Lefort's 1983 classic "Ethiopia: An Heretical Revolution?" ... read full post
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Nigerian president's Rush to Deploy Fighter Jets for the Benin Coup Shows a President More Responsive to France’s Priorities Than His Own Citizens’ Cries
https://westafricaweekly.com/tinubus-rush-to-deploy-fighter-jets-for-the-benin-coup-shows-a-president-more-responsive-to-frances-priorities-than-his-own-citizens-cries/Benin’s government says it has foiled an attempted coup after a group of soldiers briefly seized the national broadcaster early Sunday and announced they had removed President Patrice Talon from office. The soldiers appeared on state television before dawn, claiming to dissolve state institutions and install a military committee led by Lieutenant Colonel Pascal Tigri. The broadcast set off confusion in Cotonou and Porto-Novo, with gunfire reported near key military sites and residents urged to stay indoors. ... read full post
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The West’s Complicity in Rwanda’s Plunder of Congo
https://sovereignmedia.online/the-wests-complicity-in-rwandas-plunder-of-congo/For thirty years, the Democratic Republic of Congo has endured a systematic genocide that has claimed over six million lives. At the center of this crisis stands Rwandan President Paul Kagame, whose regime has orchestrated the looting of Congo’s vast mineral wealth while receiving billions in aid, military support, and diplomatic protection from the US, UK and EU. ... read full post
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Coup fails in Benin: 13 soldiers arrested after attacking state TV
https://www.telesurtv.net/golpe-benin-militares-detenidos/An attempted coup in Benin was thwarted early Sunday morning after a group of mutinous soldiers stormed the Benin Radio and Television Bureau (RTB) in Cotonou, the country's capital, local authorities and military sources reported. At least thirteen members of the group were arrested , although the leader of the operation, Lieutenant Colonel Pascal Tigri, and another accomplice managed to escape. ... read full post
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U.S.-Brokered Congo–Rwanda Deal Sparks Accusations of Resource Grab and Neo-Colonial Control
https://westafricaweekly.com/u-s-brokered-congo-rwanda-deal-sparks-accusations-of-resource-grab-and-neo-colonial-control/The recent diplomatic agreement brokered by the United States between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, intended to calm a decades-long conflict, has ignited a fierce backlash across Central Africa and beyond. While framed in Washington as a vital step toward peace, the deal is being denounced by a broad coalition of activists, and independent analysts as a sophisticated mechanism for resource extraction and neo-colonial control, masquerading as a conflict resolution effort. The core of the criticism lies in the belief that the pact ultimately rewards Rwandan aggression and strategically secures Western, particularly American, access to the DRC’s vast mineral wealth, all under the guise of diplomatic peacemaking. ... read full post
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writing a paper on the preservation of African traditional religion among African slaves in north America and ran into this line that I feel I am missing context for
interested in the line about Babylon, I was unaware there was a distinctly African experience of Babylon so I am wondering if this is more of a biblical allusion than a historical one. maybe something else? idk I'm white tbh ... read full post
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Burkina Faso: Opportunities offered by Chinese scholarships presented to students at Aube Nouvelle University
https://faso7.com/2025/12/03/burkina-faso-les-opportunites-des-bourses-chinoises-presentees-aux-etudiants-de-luniversite-aube-nouvelle/A public conference regarding scholarships offered by the Chinese government for the year 2026 was held on December 3, 2025 at the Aube Nouvelle University in Ouagadougou. ... read full post
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Burkina Faso: The City Management Center commits to providing quality housing for the population. This center was created in 1987 during the Revolution led by Thomas Sankara and it now continues.
https://www.aib.media/burkina-cite-de-rimkieta-la-cegeci-sengage-a-offrir-des-logements-de-qualite-aux-populations/Ouagadougou, Dec. 3, 2025 (AIB) – The City Management Center (CEGECI), responsible for building the Rimkiéta City whose foundation stone was laid on Wednesday, has expressed its desire to offer the population modern, accessible and sustainable housing. ... read full post
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Niger Prepares International Uranium Sales Amid Tensions Over Safety. The move effectively ends decades of dominance by the French nuclear fuel company Orano.
https://westafricaweekly.com/niger-prepares-international-uranium-sales-amid-tensions-over-safety/Niger’s military government has moved to place uranium from the recently nationalised SOMAIR mine on the international market, marking one of its most assertive steps since taking control of the country’s strategic resources. State television announced the decision at the end of November, quoting junta leader Abdourahamane Tiani, who said Niger will sell its uranium to any buyer under market rules and in complete independence. The move effectively ends decades of dominance by the French nuclear fuel company Orano, which previously managed extraction and exports from the Arlit mining zone. ... read full post
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Mali Recovers 1.2 Billion Dollars in unpaid dues from mining companies after a sweeping audit of the country’s extractive sector.
https://westafricaweekly.com/mali-recovers-1-2-billion-dollars-in-mining-arrears-under-new-code/Mali has recovered 761 billion CFA francs, equivalent to about 1.2 billion US dollars, in unpaid dues from mining companies after a sweeping audit of the country’s extractive sector. The finance minister announced the recovery as one of the largest clawbacks the country has ever achieved. ... read full post
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Burkina Faso: The Minister of Health inaugurates a Health and Social Promotion Centre(CSPS) which consists of a dispensary, a maternity ward, a pharmacy and 2 waiting rooms
https://www.aib.media/gourma-le-ministre-de-la-sante-inaugure-le-csps-du-secteur-3-a-hauteur-de-117-millions-fcfa/Fada N'Gourma, Nov. 29, 2025 (AIB)- The Minister of Health, Dr. Robert Lucien Jean-Claude Kargougou, inaugurated the Health and Social Promotion Center (CSPS) of sector 3 of Fada N'Gourma, this Saturday, November 29, 2025. The infrastructure was built entirely with the municipality's own funds. ... read full post
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Guinea-Bissau: A coup staged to protect the neocolonial order?
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/11/29/guinea-bissau-a-coup-staged-to-protect-the-neocolonial-order/The military coup in Guinea-Bissau on November 26 was not directed against the outgoing president, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, but orchestrated by him to thwart the return to constitutional order, opposition parties and members of the dissolved parliament allege. ... read full post
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Burkina Faso: the State takes full control of SOTRACO
https://www.aib.media/mobilite-urbaine-letat-prend-le-controle-total-de-la-sotraco/Ouagadougou, November 27, 2025 (AIB) – The Council of Ministers adopted two decrees relating to the increase of the State's participation in the capital of the Public Transport Company (SOTRACO) and the takeover of shares held by various private shareholders. ... read full post
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Burkina Faso: The government introduces several major innovations to strengthen worker protection
https://www.aib.media/burkina-reforme-du-travail-le-gouvernement-introduit-plusieurs-innovations-majeures-pour-renforcer-la-protection-des-travailleurs/Ouagadougou, Nov. 27, 2025 (AIB) - The Council of Ministers this Thursday adopted a draft law bringing profound reforms in the field of labor, with the aim of better protecting workers and regulating certain practices deemed sources of abuse. ... read full post
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Niger Receives Iranian Envoy in Ouagadougou as AES Strengthens International Cooperation
https://westafricaweekly.com/niger-receives-iranian-envoy-in-ouagadougou-as-aes-strengthens-international-cooperation-on-the-sidelines-of-the-meeting-of-foreign-ministers-of-the-alliance-of-sahel-states-aes-held-on-november/On November 26, 2025, during the meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) in Ouagadougou, Niger’s Foreign Minister Bakary Yaou Sangaré held an official audience with Dr Khosravinejad Akba, Special Envoy of the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs. ... read full post