burkina faso's true independence. burkina fasso, a landlock country in the heart of the west african savanna has been in the news as it seeks to chart its own. independent path, the military seized power in a 2022 coup and emit jubilation by masses opposed french control over the country. captain ibrahim traore was appointed the country's interim president and at 36 he is the youngest serving president in africa. traore is adored in burkina faso and across africa due to his anti-colonial policies and struggle for his country's true independence. he is pursuing a policy of self-sufficiency. saying he wants to produce the country's food needs locally and reduce imports as much as possible. president traor speaks here on how colonial powers exploit africa. now he made the remarks during the recent inaugural summit of the alliance of sahal states that was held in yame niger. when we take the case of niger for more than 40 years, some countries have been exploiting uranium to produce energy at home. from ottawa to paris, th

security guards so as not to attract attention, but the people of africa, like these demonstrators in burkina faso... are resolute in rejecting french neocolonial control over their country. immediatement, nous voulons pas ambassadeur français au burkina comme lick alard. lick alard représente comme satan au burkina, il représente comme piroman comme terroriste. nous voulons pas ce genre de ambassadeur d'un ambassadeur terroriste, c'est un terroriste, nous voulons pas ambassadeur, il n'est pas autorité au burkinaire. burkina-faso est fatigué avec le cas de la france, alors le burkina faso veut rompre toute relation qui existe entre ce pays et la france, donc on voudrait pas ce signe de brulure du drapeau de la france là, montrer à la france qu'on a plus besoin de de d'elle, a plus besoin de la france au burkina faso. now france says it is reviewing his military presence in africa and the french army is setting up an africa command for the continent. now mr. adib, what in your opinion hasn't hesitated this move by france? quite obviously uh the french seem to be losing steam in africa, this is in t

nous voulons pas ambassadeur d'un ambassadeur terroriste, nous voulons. il n'est pas autorité au burkina à fasoon qui existe entre ce pays et la france donc on voudrait pas ce sign de brûlure du drapeau de la france là montrer à la france qu'on a plus besoin de d'elle a plus besoin de la france au burkina faso now france says it is reviewing its military presence in africa. and the french army is setting up an africa command for the continent. now mr. adib, what in your opinion hasn't hesitated this move by france? quite obviously uh the french seem to be losing steam in africa. this is in the wake of the military takeovers in mali, burkina faso and niger. we've had the french leave mali, we've had them leave uh niger as well. well um, we have continuously seen deterioration in relations between france and their former colonies with russia stepping in to fill the vacuum, we have also seen a deterioration in trust and confidence between these former colonies and the french government, and there's been a lot of accusations traded against each other, and so... i'm not surprised that the french are

mali, burkina faso and niger have formed the alliance of sahil states.rance is definitely opposed to this anti-colonial confederation and therefore continues to support extremist groups in these countries. the goal of paris is to prevent the sahalian countries from extracting their natural resources. france, which plundered. the region's minerals and natural resources for many years considers them strategic resources for itself and not for african people who are the rightful owners. africa, unfortunately with all this rich mineral resources from goods to timber to boxide to oil hasn't really benefited the people. i mean a clear case in point is that we're going to people ogoni people in um nigeria. when ghana first. found oil, there was world jubilations, you know, and i wrote a piece that was published in the papers, i was like, don't be quick to jubileate, we are in africa and not the middle east for crying out loud, and that you could have all the oil in the world, yet four would be expensive, yet living conditions would not be anything to write home

on saturday, at least 300 people were killed in one of the worst jihadist attacks in burkina faso inpresident vladimir putin is set to travel to mongolia. it is first time mr putin will go to a country that is a signatory to the international criminal court since it issued a warrant for his arrest, alleging he committed war crimes. icc member nations are instructed to arrest mr putin upon his arrival, but the kremlin says it is not worried. such as storm shadows and other missiles, to hit deep inside russia and the ukrainian partners say that if they allow them to do so, it will only escalate the war. however, the ukrainian authorities say that these weapons will be used only to hit military targets such as airfields from where russian bombers take off and attack ukrainian cities. on friday, ukraine's president zelensky fired the head of the ukrainian air force, mykola 0leshchuk, days after an f—16fighterjet crashed, killing its pilot. the f—16 was recently sent by nato allies. it crashed while repelling a barrage of russian missiles over ukraine. meanwhile, moscow is withdrawing 100

after popular military takeovers in burkina faso, niger and mali, france was compelled to withdraw its troops from these countries. now paris intends to restructure its military presence in west africa and make its troops look like security guards so as not to attract attention, but the people of africa, like these demonstrators in burkina faso are resolute in rejecting french neocolonial control over their country. au burkina comme l alard, représente comme satan au burkina, il représente comme et piloman comme terroriste, nous voulons pas ce genre ambassadeur d'un ambassadeur terroriste, c'est un terroriste, nous voulons pas ambassadeur, il n'est pas autorité au burkina à l, passo est fatigué avec le cas de la france, alors le burkina faso veut rompre toute relation qui existe entre ce pays et la france, donc on voudrait pas ce sign de brûlures du drapeau de la france là, montrer à la france qu'on n'a plus besoin de de... its military presence in africa and the french army is setting up an africa command for the continent. now mr. adib, what in your opinion hasn't hesitated this move

we saw russia withdraw 100 paramilitary officers from burkina faso.has it been so hard for russia to repel the incursion into kursk? >> the russians have not been willing to withdraw forces from the eastern part of ukraine, the donbas region where they are making gains. ukrainians hope that is what would happen when they had the incursion into kursk, but it has not happened yet because the russians want to focus on taking a key city in ukraine. that is why they are redeploying troops. they had a border that was very poorly guarded and manned by conscripts, against russian law. now they want to fortify the border and push back against the ukrainian incursion. >> the incursion has boosted morale in ukraine and at the same time you are seeing news that volodymyr zelenskyy fired his air force chief. what do you make of this? >> unfortunately the ukrainians waited a long time to get the delivery of these a very advanced f-16 american fighter jets. it takes a long time to train people. they had at one of their best pilots flying that plane. unfortunately, a

niger, mali and burkina faso.olitical chaos has engulfed these african countries in the past few years. in 2021, the junta took control of the country in male. in burkina faso, power passed to the military in 2022. following two coups, the military overthrew the president in niger in 2023. the soldiers who seized power agreed to fight the jihadists together. this threat also played a role role in military coups and led to regime change in these three west african states, all of which border each other and are among the poorest not only in africa but in the world. previously, the countries were part of the economic community of west african states, but they did not support the leaders who came to power and imposed sanctions. in september last year, the countries created the sahel states alliance. at that time, its main goal was to jointly fight terrorism. now, the states have formed the confederation of the sahel states, in order to take another step towards greater integration, they signed a corresponding agreemen

burkina faso, the anti-colonialist movement - this is initially the upper volta.at is the upper volta? this is a classic christomathic example of french colonialism and neocolonialism. after the formal withdrawal of france. so burkina faso, literally, is the homeland of decent people, there is a revolution there, as they call it, and in many ways it was so, a military revolution, without any intervention of the soviet union, caused... to fight, she tried to carry out two significant finally lost, she can still military operations to fight islamists, well , there are even more, but the main one is the dune and serval, all these operations failed, france actually did not talk about it loudly, suffered a military defeat, she did not realize the declared goals before local governments, and the russian military presence turned out to be effective, russia could help the central governments or those that came as a result of military coups, but they call them revolutions. russia was able not only to ensure their stability, but also effective opposition, as it happened in

on saturday, at least 300 people were killed in one of the worst jihadist attacks in burkina faso inesident vladimir putin is set to travel to mongolia. it is first time mr putin will go to a country that is a signatory to the international criminal court since it issued a warrant for his arrest, alleging he committed war crimes. icc member nations are instructed to arrest mr putin upon his arrival, but the kremlin says it is not worried. the icc says it will look into any non—cooperation by mongolia. for more on all this, i spoke with retired colonel brendan kearney, former chief of staff for us marine corps forces in europe and africa. i asked him about russia ramping up its attacks on ukraine in the wake of the ukrainian army crossing the russian border into kursk at the beginning of august. the kursk invasion, for lack of a better word, this incursion on the part of the ukrainians, a successful one we may add, into russia has deeply deeply embarrassed and offended vladimir putin. he is responding with an increased air attack by missile, by glide bombs, into ukraine and this is an

this year burkina faso is marking the 64th anniversary since its independence.e coming to power in a september 2022 coup, burkina faso's revolutionary government has pulled away from france. now the government led by president ibrahim chaore has kicked out french troops, suspended several french media outlets and established. stronger ties with russia, burkina faso is a country clearly a path towards true independence, now elsewhere, nigeria has fined us tech giant meta $220 million for violating its local

if we look at the sahel, actually mali, burkina faso, niger are three countries controlled by military juntas, which have severed any relations, let's say, with a military measure, because these countries, they suffer from terrorist threats, themselves independently they they cannot cope, accordingly they need some strong partner from outside, now it is not the west, now it is russia, accordingly these are absolutely pro-russian countries, we can also include central africa, where russia actually carried out state capture, that is, it is its representatives they sit there in it, for example, there in the ministry of defense and so on and tell the country, roughly speaking, what to do, how to act, that is, they penetrated directly into the political life of the country, you can also mention eritrea, and russia is now actively trying to expand its the zone of influence on a country like chat, on a country like the democratic republic of the congo, since russia is there, they also suffer from security threats, from rebels, and russia is also trying, let's say, somehow to throw its wagneri

burkina faso is a country clearly a path towards true independence.

burkina faso is country clearly a path towards true independence. now elsewhere, nigeria has fined u.s. tech giant meta 220 million dollars for violating its local consumer data protection and privacy laws in relation to its social

on saturday, at least 300 people were killed in one of the worst jihadist attacks in burkina faso indimir putin is set to travel to mongolia. it is first time mr putin will go to a country that is a signatory to the international criminal court since it issued a warrant for his arrest, alleging he committed war crimes. icc member nations are instructed to arrest mr putin upon his arrival, a better word, this lack of a better word, this incursion on the part of the ukrainians, a successful one we may add, into russia has deeply deeply embarrassed and offended vladimir putin. he is responding with an increased air attack by missile, by glide bombs, into ukraine and this is an example ofa bombs, into ukraine and this is an example of a terrorist strike. we have to realise again that what these glide bombs do, it means the aircraft that release the bomb was flying over russia. as your correspondent mentioned it is only 30 kilometres from the border, kharkiv and from russia so they release in relative safety and then it is guided down to its target and it has almost £700 of explosives. th

meanwhile moscow is withdrawing 100 paramilitary troops from the west african country burkina faso togainst ukraine. the officers from the bear brigade — a russian private military company — will support russia's defence of its kursk region, as ukraine continues its incursion. 200 russian paramilitary troops will remain in burkina faso to help its militaryjunta. on saturday, at least 300 people were killed in one of the worst jihadist attacks in burkina faso in years. and — russia president vladimir putin is set to travel to mongolia. it is first time mr putin will go to a country that is a signatory to the international criminal court since it issued a warrant for his arrest, alleging he committed war crimes. icc member nations are instructed to arrest mr putin upon his arrival, but the kremlin says it's not concerned. a spokesman said there are "no worries about this" and that russia has "a great dialogue" with its friends from mongolia. four palestinians have been killed in an israeli air strike that hit a vehicle accompanying a us aid convoy in the gaza strip. the convoy had been

this i'll call you to a fighter on a motorcycle in barcelona going burkina faso is filming villagers. he just killed. of gunfire can be heard in the background. people from a local village like dead in trenches. the army had ordered them to dig them, saying they would protect them from the attack. aquinos just as dozens were killed, but a group of villagers say the actual number is at least 200 minutes with the top with bottom because then right screw, but use the just the centering information that on public television and use report showing officials meeting with those who been wounded, the journalist does not interview any of the survivors, and instead hands the microphone to the minister of security or july, the more we will not tolerate such prophetic x on our attention put you on submit to the response we will spend. although if it's supporting the victims of this code x, so they can find help and go back to the a normal nice little group. but the agenda has lost control of half of the countries territory to arm groups. tense, military captain, you brian chary, took power in a c

burkina faso. then what do we do about it? the measures we have taken the past don't seem to work now. he said, if i tried to do something, in my country they will say it is because i have ambitions to become the president of my country. and they have accused him of that. that he wants to be president of his country. i don't know. so, leadership. the time we worked together. there are some countries that must be able to play their role in leadership in the country. on the continent. fortunately or unfortunately nigeria happens to be one of those countries. three, i believe that economic integration will work better and will be the recourse of political integration. the african continental trade, free trade agreement is one thing that is sure. four. i believe that we need about 15-20 african countries that would be the one that would hold africa up. and some of those countries that should be able to do that, they are suffering. i don't know which one. >> thank you so much. we have five minutes left. i feel a couple of hands. th

this year burkina faso is marking the 64th anniversary since its independence.

burkina faso. then what do we do about it? the measures we have taken the past don't seem to work now. he said, if i tried to do something, in my country they will say it is because i have ambitions to become the president of my country. and they have accused him of that. that he wants to be president of his country. i don't know. so, leadership. the time we worked together. there are some countries that must be able to play their role in leadership in the country. on the continent. fortunately or unfortunately nigeria happens to be one of those countries. three, i believe that economic integration will work better and will be the recourse of political integration. the african continental trade, free trade agreement is one thing that is sure. four. i believe that we need about 15-20 african countries that would be the one that would hold africa up. and some of those countries that should be able to do that, they are suffering. i don't know which one. >> thank you so much. we have five minutes left. i feel a couple of hands. th

there were 300 mercenaries in burkina faso. since may, they allegedly protected the head of the junta, captain ibrahim traore. is returning to the base in the temporarily occupied crimea, - the mercenary commanders note. and we urge you to join the collection from the espresso tv channel and the charity fund. spring for the purchase of modern drones and electronic warfare systems for the third separate assault brigade of the 110th and 47th brigades of the armed forces of ukraine. defenders in the donetsk direction, they hold back enemy attacks every day, defend our freedom and future. it was these soldiers who stood to the last and defended the avdiiv direction in the spring. brigades urgently need drones and modern means of countering enemy drones. our goal is uah 3.5 million. you can now see all the details on the screen. ukrainian police officers together with polish colleagues detained a group of drug dealers. the suspects manufactured and sold methadone in ukraine and the countries of the european union, the national polic

there were 300 mercenaries in burkina faso. since may, they allegedly protected the head of the junta, captain ibrahim traora. for now, the unit is returning to the base in the temporarily occupied crimea, the mercenary commanders note. ukraine offered to hold a new peace summit in india, the news agency reported bloomberg agency. the proposal was voiced by president volodymyr zelenskyi during the prime minister's visit to kyiv last week. the second peace summit is planned to be held in november before the us presidential elections. however, india has not yet agreed to hold the event, as the country must sign a joint communiqué before that. let me remind you that india continues to maintain political and economic ties with moscow, in particular, it buys cheap oil. and weapons. vladimir putin will not be arrested during his visit to mongolia on september 3. russian the dictator has already received such guarantees from the country - bloomberg reported. this is the first trip of the head of the kremlin to the country of a member

these are areas susceptible to militant attacks in mali, burkina faso. militants that are grown in this sahel belt. ., ., ., that are grown in this sahel belt. ., ., ,, , ., here in the uk, a labour mp who rented out flats with black mould and ant infestations has admitted that some of his properties don't have the correct licences under a scheme he introduced as the local council leader last year. jas athwal, who represents ilford south, in east london, has apologised about the poor condition of some of the homes. he has promised repairs will be carried out swiftly. the government is planning to pass legislation to better protect private tenants. here's our politics investigations correspondentjoe pike. when i visited seven of jas athwal�*s flats above a shop, one resident told me that the ants were everywhere. they had seen ants which they pointed to climbing up the wall, on the child's body and their child's clothes. other residents spoke about the black mould on their bathroom ceilings that they needed to clean regularly, otherwise it would come back

this year we will talk about national breads, for example, the bread of burkina faso is called fufu,s not exactly bread, but it is what we would call it, we will talk about this at the festival, the novelty of our festival this year will be a pro... professional competition of professional bakers, the awarding of a kind of quality mark, now everyone who wins this competition will be able to place the logo of our karavayfest on their products for a year, and this will be a guarantee that this the bread is of high quality and it has been tested by a professional jury, and of course, in addition to the fact that we will tell you about modern traditions of bread baking, we will also tell you about ancient recipes, recipes in principle... the most father's loaf, and we will also have master classes on baking bread at home, this is also implied by this loaf-fest, so i think that all housewives, all lovers, who have not yet participated in matulin's loaf, this is a competition for lovers, which we also award, at least get a recipe to try it on your home kitchen. what is the secret of the re

but later was back in statements. molly burkina faso in these or have asked you in security counsel to take measures against the crane support for terror groups in africa. and burke and all of a civil society leader has urge the international community to hold care of accountable for its deadly meddling in this the whole region. so d d, i think it was important for molly, huge and became a fast side to directly and officially coal on the un on its responsibilities to ensure will peace and to ensure the states that have declared themselves as terrorist states or not, the state be purely and simply dealt with in the most formal way. it is no longer any bond guys. it is an important step that should have been taken by the heads of state. and that's why it was important for these 3 countries to notify the united nations security council. well, the supreme court, which is supposed to regulate relations and guaranteed peace between nations, and i think is also an active decision towards ukraine, which is self proclaimed itself as a terrorist state. the when must be able to individually quest

orthodox church, which has been filed by those elements, speak, governments and protests erupt in burkina faso against ukraine's assistance that militant groups in west africa. the just got 11 am and the rest of the capital from the entire r t international team. hello, and welcome to the news. our french authorities are still holding russian tech to i couldn't pub older off following his arrest. the progress report on saturday. the telegram ceo is allegedly accused of not having over users private information on the social media platform. because of that, mr. office reportedly being investigated for complicity and drug trafficking, fraud, and crimes against children. telegram has published this statement, slumming the case against its fund or a telegram abides by you laws including the digital services act. it's moderation is within industry standards and constantly improving telegrams, ceo puddled through or off, has nothing to hide and travels frequently in europe. it is absurd to claim that a platform or its owner are responsible for abuse of that platform. almost a 1000000000 users global

was barking of militants in west africa, sparked outrage by other countries across the region burkina faso and send the goal . 2 of those slumming p, f for its activities. russia also reacted to be in spent stating that the confidence up large is aware of ukraine's actions as the severance of diplomatic relations with ukraine by a 2nd. african country clearly demonstrates the growing understanding by the continent states of the terrace nature of the key of regime. moscow has repeatedly drawn the attention of the international community to the relevant fact. tia of however, continues to increase its terrorist activity was african countries cut toys with ukraine relations with moscow are on and off, where it's trajectory army expos, 2024. recently held in russia. so a sizable presence of foreign military officials and experts, including from africa, security issues top the agenda during meetings with the host defense minister on the events sidelines loot boy d. r. a. again. sure. the benefits his country gets from cooperation with moscow of the strongly to russia. and molly, cooperate in the

he was barking of militants in west africa, has sparked outrage across the region. burkina, faso, and cynical were among those slumming ukraine for its activities. russia also reacted to the incident, stating that the confidence up large is aware of what keeps to the severance of diplomatic relations with ukraine by a 2nd. african country clearly demonstrates the growing understanding by the continent states of the terrace nature of the key of regime. moscow has repeatedly drawn the attention of the international community to the relevant facts. key of however, continues to increase its terrorist activity. allows african countries cut ties with ukraine relations with moscow though, appear to be very much in and operates pro directory army expo 2024 recently held in russia. so a sizable presence of foreign military officials on experts, including from across african security issues. talk the agenda during meetings with the host defense minister on the events side like a little boy, d. r. a again sure, the benefits his country gets from working together with most of, of the strongly to

we've just heard from eye witnesses or survivors of what happened on saturday in burkina faso and the ton of bars to low go, which is roughly a 100 kilometers from the capitol walk. i do go in the eye. witnesses say that on friday they were asked by the burkina faso military on the ground to start digging trenches. now, many of the civilians did not want to do so they were afraid of revenge attacks from armed groups linked to all tie it up. but also i so that are active in the area. so some of them were forced at gunpoint to dig trenches along this road. and i visited this era. there's a large road that, that connects the north of the country to the capital walk. i do so hundreds, if not thousands of villages were forced to dig those trenches on saturday when men in a on, on motorcycle started shooting at them. and from the video published by the i'll call you to affiliate jamal in the subject line. well mostly mean there were bodies scattered in those trenches as if they had just dug their own mass graves. hundreds of bodies of women, children and men with sandals scattered around th

b, i protest erupt in burkina faso over at t have support for tour reg, separate tests in west africa. also head on the program. assignments is truly theory here in goose. cool, but this is the very city center pretty much the project frames per screen incursion. ryans, to a whole party visits the front line ton of political book, which has come under repeated fire by t. it's of course, it's time for the 1st time in 25 years of polio infection has been detected in gas up in an exclusive interview with r t unit steps and regional head phase of the wider middle east is not wasting children with mound nutrition with diseases with mental health impacts from this conflict. the risk of the polio virus now does not make sense because the strip it threatens the region. polio does not respectful, it is the wherever you catching this from today across the world. welcome to our most go studio was on the globe. busy news roundup here on our to introduction french authorities continue to hold russian tech to i couldn't publish durrell following his arrest of a partis or a port on saturday. but tel

and the protest arrives in burkina faso against the cranes assistance to militant groups in west africa, the sierra watching r t international. i'm rachel ruble live in moscow. it's been almost 2 days since the telegrams c. e o is arrest in france and paris has finally broken its silence over the case. the prosecutor's office says it is holding powell der off in connection with 12 alleged crime is committed by an unnamed suspect via his platform. the russian born tycoon could remain in custody for at least 2 more days . the charges range from refusing to comply with french authorities demands to distributing drugs and child pornography. 3 more legal infractions are tied to the platforms except the currency dealings. parents says europe has been questioned over the alleged crimes committed through telegram. so far there's been no official response from the platforms that ceo himself, public criticism of his arrest is mounting worldwide. however, the french president says the case is not politically motivated. frances, more than anything attached to freedom of expression and communication

or key of spiking of militants in west africa, sparked outrage by countries across the region. burkina, faso, and cynical were also among those slumming t f for it's activities. rochelle also reacted to the incident. one thing i to america, african states are aware of the transactions. the severance of diplomatic relations with ukraine by a 2nd african country clearly demonstrates the growing understanding by the continent states of the terrace nature of the key of regime. moscow has repeatedly drawn the attention of the international community to the relevant facts. tia of however, continues to increase its terrorist activity. well as african countries cut, ties with ukraine. relations with moscow are on an upward stretch x ray, the army expos, 2024. recently held in the multiple regions. so a sizable presence of foreign military officials on experts, including from africa, security issues, top the agenda, during meetings with the russian defense minister on the sidelines of the event. i lose boy d. r. i again share the benefits his country gets from cooperation with russia of the strongly

and we've just heard from eye witnesses or survivors of what happened on saturday in burkina faso in the town of parts a little go, which is roughly a 100 kilometers from the capital. it was due to the eye. witnesses say that on friday they were asked by the burkina faso military on the ground to start digging trenches. now, many of the civilians did not want to do so they were afraid of revenge attacks from armed groups linked to all tie it up. but also i sold that are active in the area, so some of them were forced at gunpoint to dig trenches along this road. and i visited this era. there's a large road that kicked that connects the north of the country to the capital walk . i do so hundreds adults, thousands of villages were forced to dig those trenches on saturday when men in a on, on motorcycle started shooting at them. and from the video published by the old car, the affiliated gelatinous such as long, well mostly mean. there were bodies scattered in those trenches as if they had just dug their own mass graves, hundreds of bodies of women, children and men with sandals scattere

burkina faso, mali and niger have appealed to the un security council to take action against ukraine,upports international terrorism in africa. haris has officially become a candidate for the us presidential election. she was formally approved at the democratic party convention, and in her absence. donald trump has already stated that his rival's inexperience brings only chaos and destruction to america. dmitry melnikov on the us election situation. finish your convention and go your separate ways in their home states, the democrats could have done it yesterday. joe biden was sent into retirement, and harris's candidacy was approved a month ago without the participation of delegates. but the sponsors' money needs to be spent and the formal procedure for approving presidential candidates needs to be completed. harris has the shortest election campaign in us history, and many other things are also firsts for the democrats. for example, duck emhov, if his wife wins the election, could become the first in history, the first american gentleman. while this was reigning inside the united cen