Burkina Faso Archives - Afinju FM https://afinjufm.com/tag/burkina-faso/ Fri, 26 Dec 2025 16:46:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://afinjufm.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/cropped-Afinju_Logo-removebg-preview-32x32.png Burkina Faso Archives - Afinju FM https://afinjufm.com/tag/burkina-faso/ 32 32 233669348 NAF C-130 Aircraft Lands in Portugal Following Detention in Burkina Faso https://afinjufm.com/naf-c-130-aircraft-lands-in-portugal-following-detention-in-burkina-faso/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=naf-c-130-aircraft-lands-in-portugal-following-detention-in-burkina-faso https://afinjufm.com/naf-c-130-aircraft-lands-in-portugal-following-detention-in-burkina-faso/#respond Fri, 26 Dec 2025 16:46:43 +0000 https://afinjufm.com/?p=17993 The Nigerian Air Force has confirmed the safe arrival of one of its C-130 aircraft, NAF 913, at a maintenance facility in Lisbon, Portugal, its final destination. Burkina Faso had earlier detained the personnel and aircraft over alleged airspace violations, describing the incident as a breach of sovereignty. According to reports, the soldiers were released […]

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]]> https://afinjufm.com/naf-c-130-aircraft-lands-in-portugal-following-detention-in-burkina-faso/feed/ 0 17993 Burkina Faso frees detained Nigerian soldiers https://afinjufm.com/burkina-faso-frees-detained-nigerian-soldiers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=burkina-faso-frees-detained-nigerian-soldiers https://afinjufm.com/burkina-faso-frees-detained-nigerian-soldiers/#respond Thu, 18 Dec 2025 09:31:06 +0000 https://afinjufm.com/?p=17707 The 11 Nigerian military officials on board the C-130 aircraft that made an emergency landing in Burkina Faso have been released. The soldiers were held last week by Burkinabe authorities over what they described as violations of their airspace. Their release Wednesday night comes about nine days after their arrest. The Nigeria Ministry of Foreign […]

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]]> https://afinjufm.com/burkina-faso-frees-detained-nigerian-soldiers/feed/ 0 17707 Russia, Burkina Faso discuss military cooperation https://afinjufm.com/russia-burkina-faso-discuss-military-cooperation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=russia-burkina-faso-discuss-military-cooperation https://afinjufm.com/russia-burkina-faso-discuss-military-cooperation/#respond Wed, 09 Oct 2024 10:28:17 +0000 https://afinjufm.com/?p=5911 After Putin’s landslide win in Russia’s presidential election in March, some newspapers in Africa saw Putin’s re-election as reinforcing the stance of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger. Burkina Faso, under military leadership since a 2022 coup, has played host to contingents of the Wagner mercenary force, whose founder Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a plane […]

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]]> https://afinjufm.com/russia-burkina-faso-discuss-military-cooperation/feed/ 0 5911 Burkina Faso extends military rule by five years https://afinjufm.com/burkina-faso-extends-military-rule-by-five-years/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=burkina-faso-extends-military-rule-by-five-years https://afinjufm.com/burkina-faso-extends-military-rule-by-five-years/#respond Mon, 27 May 2024 12:28:19 +0000 https://afinjufm.com/?p=2825 The country’s ruler, Capt Ibrahim Traoré, will also be able to contest the next presidential election.When he seized power in a coup nearly two years ago, Capt Traore pledged to restore the civilian government by 1 July this year.But Burkina Faso has now joined neighbouring Mali in extending military rule.The move was announced , after […]

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