#Latest news with #jihadistGroupsWashington Post13-05-2025PoliticsWashington PostAfrica's youngest leader, a friend of Russia, is celebrated by some and criticized by othersABUJA, Nigeria — As news emerged this week about hundreds of Burkina Faso citizens killed separately by both jihadi groups and government forces , images of Burkina Faso's junta leader Capt. Ibrahim Traore were plastered over Russian state media speaking about pan-Africanism and liberating the minds of the continent's youths.
Washington Post13-05-2025PoliticsWashington PostAfrica's youngest leader, a friend of Russia, is celebrated by some and criticized by othersABUJA, Nigeria — As news emerged this week about hundreds of Burkina Faso citizens killed separately by both jihadi groups and government forces , images of Burkina Faso's junta leader Capt. Ibrahim Traore were plastered over Russian state media speaking about pan-Africanism and liberating the minds of the continent's youths.