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

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 ...

Reporters Without Borders says Burkina Faso's authorities secretly detained and abused a prominent journalist and dozens of ...

About 100 Russian military personnel reach capital Ouagadougou and 200 more would be deployed next to the West African ...

The government of Burkina Faso has inaugurated eight major road infrastructure projects in the capital, Ouagadougou, as part of efforts to improve urban mobility, strengthen connectivity and ease ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Their loved ones were slaughtered by Islamic extremists or government-affiliated fighters. Their villages were attacked, their homes destroyed. Exhausted and ...

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, ...

Prosecutor Investigates Authors of Statement as Crackdown on Dissent DeepensThe Burkina Faso junta's suspension of the country's largest student union is the latest in a series of government ...

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