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Arrival of the President of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré, at the Sangoulé Lamizana stadium in Bobo-Dioulasso, during the opening ceremony of the National Culture Week, on April 27.

The trip that two Burkina Faso athletes and their bodyguards took to represent their jihadist-controlled homeland

Èlia Borràs|Bobo-Dioulasso / Ouagadougou|Jun 15, 2024 - 06:19 CEST

Young people from Sahel, an epicenter of global terrorism, traveled 185 miles in a military convoy, dodging landmines and attacks, to participate in a national championship

Opening ceremony of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) at the Ebimpe Stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on January 13, 2024.

Africa Cup of Nations

The Africa Cup of Nations: When a country’s economy also plays soccer

Natalia Otero / Èlia Borràs|Madrid / Yamusukro (Ivory Coast)|Jan 28, 2024 - 13:12 CET

Ivory Coast has invested around $1 billion in the organization of this competition. Despite positive economic impacts in the short-term — as well as the exhibition of ‘soft power’ inside and outside the continent — there are doubts about the future profitability of the newly-built infrastructure

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