Burkina Faso : 11 Nigerian Soldiers Released

Those who have been waiting to see the crisis between Burkina Faso and Nigeria escalate will have to continue gnashing their teeth. This time around, the two countries have decided to solve their military crisis diplomatically. 11 Nigerian soldiers detained by Burkinabe authorities over an emergency landing last week by its military aircraft that violated the Burkinabe airspace, have been released, AFP reported. The Wednesday, December 17, 2025 released comes after Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar led a delegation from President, Bola Tinubu to Ouagadougou where he delivered an apology message to President, Ibrahim Traore. AFP reports that a statement from Traore’s office said, Nigeria “regrets the irregularities in the authorization procedure to enter Burkina Faso’s airspace” and that Tuggar had offered Abuja’s “apologies for the unfortunate incident.”
Hours after the announcement of a coup in Benin, the crew of a Nigerian Air Force C-130 made what the military said was a “precautionary landing” in the Burkinabe city of Bobo-Dioulasso on December 8, 2025 due to a technical problem after helping to thwart a coup attempt in neighbouring Benin. The soldiers were captured and detained as Alliance of Sahel States, an economic union that groups the military-led count...