On Tuesday, the well-known political activist and journalist Idrissa Barry was arrested by men claiming to be gendarmes in ...

West Africa is undergoing its own version of Brexit. By July Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have quit the 15-strong ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Video footage circulating on social networks of a recent civilian massacre in Burkina Faso appears to implicate government-allied militia, Human Rights Watch said ...

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

As French-speaking countries celebrate International Francophone Day, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have this week announced ...

(Nairobi) – Pro-government militias in Burkina Faso are implicated in video footage circulating on social networks showing the massacre of dozens of civilians in and around the western city of ...

FILE - Burkina Faso junta leader Ibrahim Traore participates in a ceremony in Ouagadougou, Oct. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Kilaye Bationo, File) Advertisement ...

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 ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday called for an immediate investigation into the massacre of dozens of civilians in Burkina Faso’s city of Solenzo on March 10 and 11. In its statement, HRW ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) late on Friday called on Burkina Faso's military rulers to investigate and prosecute those implicated in an apparent massacre of dozens of civilians this week. Videos surfaced ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led against Lieutenant Colonel Paul Henri Damiba in September 2022.