Ouagadougou – A majority of the troops of the elite Army regiment Burkina Faso behind a failed coup joined the loyalist units after it was dismantled, an army source told AFP Thursday. “More than 800 men” on the 1300 in the powerful Presidential Security Regiment (RSP) who made the coup …

Ouagadougou – The chief of the recent coup attempt in Burkina Faso was detained Thursday by government forces in order to face trial, local media reported. General Gilbert Diendéré had taken refuge in the residence of the representative of the Catholic Church in the country and agreed to go into …

New violence in the Central African Republic has forced the delay of October 18 elections to put the troubled country on firmer political ground, officials said Thursday officials, but they hope the vote will take place at the end of this year. A transitional government is in charge of leading …