Burkina Faso’s military junta has closed the capital’s main Sunni mosque after nearly 100 supporters of a detained preacher ...

It is the latest salvo in the ongoing crackdown on independent organisations by the military authorities which seized power ...

How will strained ties between ECOWAS and neighbours Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso affect the fight against arm ...

The Burkina Faso junta’s suspension of the country’s largest student union is the latest in a series of government crackdowns ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta appointed a new prime minister, a day after dissolving the government without providing any reason. Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s new junta leader Capt. Ibrahim Traore said the West African nation would still aim to hold elections by 2024 or even earlier, as regional mediators ...

RSF says investigation found Atiana Serge Oulon held at Ouagadougou villa, contradicting authorities’ account.

Supporters of Burkina Faso's junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré have unleashed a tidal wave of hate against a Sky News journalist after she published a news report critical of his policies. Traoré, ...

Burkina Faso’s military government under Ibrahim Traore is tightening state control over the country’s multi-billion-dollar ...

Follow all the action as Burkina Faso face Senegal in the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations. Burkina Faso have defied the odds to reach the last four of the tournament, having bounced back from ...

Located in Africa's Sahel region, Burkina Faso is currently grappling with one of the world’s fastest growing displacement crises. Notably, it holds the fourth position on the IRC's 2024 Watchlist, an ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso's authorities secretly held and abused a prominent investigative journalist and dozens of others in a makeshift detention facility in the capital, an international ...