‘Win #AFCON2021, Else We’ve Failed’ – Senegal FA Boss To Mane & Co. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Senegal Football Association (FA) president, Austine Senghor says Aliou Cisse and his team must win the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2021 and anything less is a big failure. Cisse has made it to another final after … Read more
Mali and Guinea, also in West Africa, have also seen coups in the past 18 months that have prompted AU suspensions EKO HOT BLOG reports that the African Union (AU) on Monday, announced the suspension of Burkina Faso in response to the January 24 coup that ousted President Roch Marc Christian Kabore. The bloc’s 15-member … Read more
The impoverished Sahel state is being run by a junta led by Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba… EKO HOT BLOG reports that the West African bloc ECOWAS on Friday suspended Burkina Faso following a coup, but will not impose other sanctions for the time being, a participant at a virtual summit said. ECOWAS is also calling … Read more
The military announced that it had seized power on state television on Monday… EKO HOT BLOG reports that new military leader of Burkina Faso has promised a return to the normal constitutional order “when the conditions are right”. Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba led a mutiny that ousted President Roch Kaboré on Monday. Read also: Coup: … Read more
The military in Burkina Faso said it had seized power because of President Roch Kaboré’s failure to unite the nation and… EKO HOT BLOG reports that more than 1,000 people have gathered in the main square in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, to celebrate Monday’s coup, with some burning the French flag while others danced as … Read more
A junior officer announced the suspension of the constitution, the dissolution of the government and parliament… EKO HOT BLOG reports that Soldiers in Burkina Faso on Monday announced on state television that they have seized power in the West African country following a mutiny over the civilian president’s failure to contain an Islamist insurgency. A … Read more
The situation was tense and confused in the capital, where mobile internet had been cut on Sunday… EKO HOT BLOG reports that mutinous troops in restive Burkina Faso arrested President Roch Marc Christian Kabore on Monday and detained him in army barracks a day after staging an uprising, security sources told AFP. Soldiers at several … Read more
Thursday’s games in AFCON Hello football lovers. Hope you have been enjoying beautiful and exciting games in the African Cup Of Nations thus far? Action continues today in the competition and they are games you won’t want to miss. EKO HOT BLOG takes a look at the games that will be played today. Read Also: … Read more
Nigeria is set to sell electricity to four West African countries. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Nigeria has concluded plans to sell electricity to four West African countries. This was disclosed by the Chairman of the Executive Board of the West African Power Pool (WAPP), Sule Abdulaziz, at the WAPP meeting on the Northcore project … Read more
Compaoré was part of the coup d’état that ousted Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo on August 4, 1983 Blaise Compaoré, former president of Burkina Faso, has been charged with the murder of Thomas Sankara, his predecessor. According to Reuters, Compaoré was charged by a military tribunal on Tuesday with complicity in the assassination, undermining state security, and receiving … Read more
Celebration Burkina Faso celebrates its 60 years of independence on Friday on the theme: “National cohesion and patriotic commitment for a sustainable development of Burkina Faso in a context of insecurity and Covid-19”. “This is a collective challenge for a Burkina Faso resolutely turned towards the sacred union of its daughters and sons, to face … Read more
Burkina Faso generalElections Counting is continuing in Burkina Faso after Sunday’s presidential and parliamentary elections. The compilation of the results is being done by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Ekohotblog gathered. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has estimated the provisional turnout at between 38 and 40 per cent. Read Also: Akeredolu … Read more
Jihadists in Burkina Faso have killed 35 civilians, mostly women, when they simultaneously attacked a town in the north and its military base in one of the deadliest assaults in nearly five years of jihadist violence in the West African country. Seven soldiers and 80 jihadists also died in the double attack Tuesday in Arbinda … Read more