Exactly one week ago, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was inaugurated as president; many are placing great trust in him because they believe he can fight corruption, which is regarded as a major scourge of the country

The ruling military junta in Burkina Faso, through an official communication from the Ministry of Security signed by Minister Mahamadou Sana, denounced a new, foiled destabilisation attempt allegedly carried out by ex-military and terrorist groups

Relatives of the victims of an attack that claimed hundreds of lives in August accused the head of the country's junta, Captain Ibrahim Traore, of being responsible for the tragedy

A ban on street begging has been in place for a few days and a police operation is underway in several cities across the country to remove beggars from the streets

Human Rights Watch condemned the military authorities' use of the Emergency Law to illegally conscript magistrates who opened legal proceedings against junta supporters