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Burkina Faso
Ambassadors take on commando mission for junta

Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba. © Présidence du Faso/Facebook

After meeting with a handful of ambassadors on 21 February, Burkinabe junta leader Paul-Henri Damiba mandated each of them with very specific objectives, in Addis Ababa, Brussels, New York, Paris and Washington. [...]

Published on 02/03/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Burkina Faso
Ambassadors take on commando mission for junta

Burkina Faso
Damiba's downfall could disrupt major international arts and crafts conference

Morocco
Rabat puts Sahel and CAR top of African Union agenda

Tunisia
Poulina ventures into solar energy market

Burkina Faso
Canada aid cut riles Burkinabe government but indirect funding continues

Burkina Faso
Junta leader Damiba recasts his ambassadors

Africa
Carlos Lopes lobbies the international institutions for industrial platform developer Arise IIP

Tunisia
Saïed in Paris for frank talks about debt, OIF summit with Macron

Africa
Okonjo-Iweala's WTO appointment could derail African Covid vaccine rollout