The son of one of Mali's top politicians says the country's ruling junta has arrested his father for criticizing the military ...

This marks a shift from the 2018 abolition of capital punishment. According to the nation’s Justice Minister, Rodrigue Bayala ...

A Burkina Faso government source told AFP on Saturday that the military regime wants to reinstate the death penalty, which ...

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

The ruling military junta of Burkina Faso is allegedly discussing the reintroduction of the death penalty for terrorism and ...

The leaders of the coup announced later that General Gilbert Diendere ... The US, which along with France has been a close military ally of Burkina Faso, said that it was “deeply concerned” by the ...

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.” ...

Burkina Faso's armed forces say they are investigating a gruesome video that purports to show military volunteers hacking ...

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

An actor participates in Recreatrales, an international theater festival held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Monday, Oct. 28, ...

West Africa's regional bloc has suspended Burkina Faso's membership in the aftermath of this week's military coup. Hundreds of people have marched through the streets of Burkina Faso’s capital ...

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