Traore respects public funds. No Land Cruiser V8s in his government. He bought two cheap Toyota SUVs for heads of state to use when they visit ...

An individual was arrested in Ouagadougou, at the time he was handing over five billion FCFA ($8.2M) in cash to soldiers who ...

Burkina Faso's military regime wants to reinstate the death penalty, which was abolished in the country in 2018, a government ...

Captain Ibrahim Traore rsquo;s rise to power in Burkina Faso on September 30, 2022, marked a significant shift in the country ...

The last three years have been tough for Fanta Charlotte Dabone, a mother of three from the conflict-battered West African ...

BURKINA Faso’s interim president Michel Kafando announced on TV yesterday his return to office following last week’s abortive coup. Coup leaders agreed on Tuesday night to return to barracks and said ...

Human Rights Watch says in a new report that Burkina Faso’s government unnecessarily exposed civilians to danger during a ...

Earlier this month, Burkina Faso's military-backed president Ibrahim Traoré said Russian troops could deploy to fight jihadists in the West African country if needed.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Burkina Faso's interim President Ibrahim Traore ... "Experts point to the threats stemming from new regional conflicts, global epidemics, the ...

An Islamist armed group massacred at least 133 people in the town of Barsalogho, Burkina Faso, on August 24, 2024, largely ...

ranks Burkina Faso 185th out of 193 countries. After the coup d'état of September 30, 2022, which ousted Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba, Captain Ibrahim Traoré was sworn in as the new ...

With Burkina Faso’s head of state threatening to withdraw their licences, players in the mining sector have been trying to defuse the situation. But how long can they hold out?