10-05-2025: During a US Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on April 3, General Michael Langley, commander of AFRICOM (US Africa Command), essentially accused Burkina Faso’s President Captain Ibrahim Traoré of corruption. He claimed that Traoré was misusing the country’s substantial gold reserves to protect his government rather than benefitting the nation’s 23 million citizens.[1] His comments, made without reference to a shred of evidence, were … Continue reading Burkina Faso: US Military Increases Support for Captain Traoré