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 ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s ruling junta said it thwarted an attempt to destabilize the African country “with the help of foreign powers.” A transitional government has been ...

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

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

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — The military rulers of Burkina Faso have turned to a man once known as “Africa’s Che Guevara" as a way to rally a country struggling to defeat extremists and turning ...

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, ...

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 ...

DAKAR, Senegal — 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 ...

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 ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Mutinous soldiers in Burkina Faso forced democratically elected President Roch Marc Christian Kabore to resign this week, announcing they are now in charge of the West ...