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November 30, 2025, 10:28 pm
Burkina Faso - Three Years of Broken Promises
- [IPS] Montevideo, Uruguay -- Three years ago, Captain Ibrahim Traoré seized power in Burkina Faso with two promises that have proved hollow: to address the country's deepening security crisis and restore civilian rule. Now he has postponed elections until 2029, dissolved the independent electoral commission and pulled the country out of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the International Criminal Court (ICC). Burkina Faso has become a military dictatorship.
Mali, Mariam Cisse and the Risk of Implosion, By Jibrin Ibrahim
- [Premium Times] Will the JNIM take over Bamako? It does not seem likely! They appear to be pushing a strategy of regime implosion, as life becomes impossible for Malians.
Agricultural Offensive - How Burkina Faso Is Moving Towards Self-Sufficiency in Food Production
- [People's Dispatch] The government of Ibrahim Traoré seeks to reduce dependence on imports in a country where 80% of the population are farmers.
Why the Jacob Zuma and Ibrahim Traoré Handshake Is a Warning Sign for SA Democracy
- [Daily Maverick] To reach audiences susceptible to authoritarian messaging, defenders of democracy must adapt - creating authentic, locally rooted, emotionally resonant content that can compete on the same terrain.
Coris Bank Profit Rises 6.3 Percent in Third Quarter to $93m
- [Daba Finance] TLDR
