OUGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — The last three years have been tough for Fanta ... their homes and almost 6.5 million need ...

A fresh coup attempt on Burkina Faso‘s head of state, Ibrahim Traore has been foiled leading to the arrest of a person whose ...

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 ...

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

Burkina Faso was a French colony for the first half of the 20th Century, but relations soured with Paris following a 2022 ...

Amnesty International has reported a surge in the use of the death penalty on the African continent, saying in a statement in ...

Burkina Faso's foreign minister praised cooperation with Russia on November 9 as "suiting" his country better than its ...

The country’s Foreign Minister told AFP, “There is no room for fear, because we know what we want and where we want to go.” ...

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?

Guinea’s coup leader, Mamadi Doumbouya, has promoted himself to the rank of Army General as the West African country marked the creation of its armed forces.

Guinea’s military ruler, Mamady Doumbouya, has promoted himself to the rank of army general as the country marked the establishment of its armed forces on Friday.

In a decree on Friday evening, Doumbouya – whose supporters have urged him to run for president when the junta does cede the ...