Burkina Faso opens $19 million gold refinery as Traoré pushes to keep mining wealth at home
President Ibrahim Traoré inaugurated the Raffinerie Nationale d’Or du Burkina Faso in Ouagadougou, saying the country wanted to move beyond extracting minerals and develop the full value chain locally
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger hit back at Nigeria’s president after he blames them for Nigeria’s worsening security crisis
The three AES members summoned Nigeria’s chargé d’affaires in Ouagadougou on Thursday, August 6, to protest Tinubu’s comments, which they described as inaccurate and dismissive of their efforts against armed groups