The country lost almost 47,5% of its forests between 1992 and 2014, according to a study conducted in 2022; another study conducted in 2018 showed that there were almost 15.600 square kilometres of degraded land in the country

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

In a technical reorganisation of the government, it was announced, among other things, that a ministry dedicated to security and headed by police commissioner Mahamadou Sana would be created