France to provide Burkina Faso with military and financial support

EU suspends €10m in military aid 

Following a diplomatic dispute between Chad and Germany, the EU has put a military aid package for the Chadian armed forces on hold.

Ukraine war prompts Brussels to delay delivery of French armoured vehicles to Africa 

The armed forces of Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin and Gabon will have to wait a little longer to receive the first transfers of French armoured personnel carriers under the Integrated Ground Mobility and Protection Programme that Paris launched last year.

• CONGO - Sassou purchases self-promotion in Paris

• NIGER/BURKINA FASO - Bazoum orders Colonel Damiba to dress in civilian clothes

• TOGO - Gnassingbé plans to build new ministerial district in Lomé

• DR CONGO - Moïse Katumbi's discreet lobbying in Paris

New East Africa head at French foreign ministry 

Thierry Peyroux replaces diplomat Marion Lapierre as head of the 'East Africa' sub-directorate at France's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Canada aid cut riles Burkinabe government but indirect funding continues 

Some officials in Burkina Faso have expressed dismay at Ottawa's suspension of its direct budgetary support in the wake of the coup d'état. But Canada, the country's leading foreign investor through its mining companies, is maintaining the bulk of its aid.