Filmmaker Apolline Traoré urges young Burkinabés to embrace both culture and faith, emphasizing education as the key to balancing tradition and modern beliefs.

The Economic Community of West African States hopes to use this time to convince the three nations to stay in the bloc. Groups with links to al-Qaeda and ISIL accused of ‘massacring villagers ...

Since 2015, the unrest has killed more than 26,000 people in Burkina Faso alone, according to conflict monitor ACLED. That tally included more than 13,500 victims who have died following the ...

Burkina Faso, which means “land of honest men,” is a small, very poor, landlocked country in Western Africa, home to over 20 million people. A former French colony, it gained independence as Upper ...

In some battles, I've seen 40, 50 or 100 dead people," one of the men told the BBC. The three, all in their late thirties or early forties, said they had fought in Burkina Faso multiple times ...

Learning the Russian language is becoming increasingly popular in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and other ... establish a Russian Center for Science and Culture, where Russian will be taught, is ...