Nigeria issues formal apology to Burkina Faso over airspace violation

Nigeria’s foreign minister, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, travelled to Ouagadougou on Wednesday, 17 December 2025, to deliver an official apology after a Nigerian military aircraft violated the airspace of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES).

Tuggar was received by Burkina Faso’s president, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, to whom he conveyed Abuja’s regret over the incident, which had earlier been condemned in a statement by AES member…