Tag: Burkina

Foreign ministers from three West African countries that have undergone military coups met in Burkina Faso on Thursday on the ...

A human rights NGO in Burkina Faso has accused the army of killing at least twenty-five civilians in the troubled ...

Burkina Faso's prime minister, in a visit to neighboring Mali this week, has suggested the two countries form a "federation" ...

Twenty-eight people have died in new attacks by suspected jihadists in Burkina Faso, including fifteen who had been abducted at ...

With anti-France feelings running high in many of its former colonies in West Africa, Paris is being forced to retreat ...

France said on Thursday that it was recalling its ambassador from Burkina Faso "for consultations," a day after agreeing to ...

The Burkina Faso government clarified on Monday that it has asked ex-colonial ruler France to pull its troops out of ...

Burkina Faso has asked France to move its troops out of the country within a month, according to a letter ...

Burkina Faso asked France to move its troops out of the country within a month, according to a diplomatic letter ...

Burkina Faso's military regime told France it wants its troops stationed in the country to leave within a month, the ...

Four suspected jihadist attacks have left around thirty people dead in Burkina Faso, including sixteen volunteers backing up the army, ...

Attacks in Burkina Faso have increased since October and now especially target civilians, according to junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traore, ...

Fifteen feature-length movies are vying for the top prize in next month's FESPACO festival, Africa's top cinema event, the organizers ...

Twenty-eight bodies were found in northwest Burkina Faso at the weekend, the government said, as rights campaigners blamed a volunteer ...

The Burkina Faso government has announced plans to raise 152 million euros for a "fund to support the war" against ...

Mali's security situation has become "significantly worse" due to the ruling junta's choices, including an alleged decision to partner with ...

Political parties, social and religious groups and representatives of the security forces launched talks on Friday to chart the next ...

In Le Proces, or "The Trial", a bar in Ouagadougou, artist and co-founder Patrick Kabre works the crowd, raising belly ...

Demonstrators gathered in the capital of Burkina Faso on Thursday to show their support for the country's new junta leader, ...

Captain Ibrahim Traore was appointed as president of Burkina Faso on Wednesday, according to an official statement, after the West ...

Several dozen protestors waving Russian flags rallied in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Tuesday as West African delegates arrived on ...

Envoys from the West African bloc ECOWAS were heading to Burkina Faso on Monday after the jihadist-torn Sahel state underwent ...

Burkina Faso junta chief Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, visiting Ivory Coast on a key foreign trip, on Monday stood by ...

Around 40 people, many of them civilian volunteers with the army, have been killed in suspected jihadist attacks in Burkina ...

Burkina Faso has unveiled a new tactic in its fight against a bloody jihadist insurgency  "dialogue" between community leaders and ...

Burkina Faso's junta leader has announced the setting up of local committees to seek dialogue with armed jihadist groups and ...

A commission created by the junta that seized power in Burkina Faso last month has proposed a 30-month transition period ...

The death toll from an accidental  explosion at an illegal gold mine in southwestern Burkina Faso rose on Tuesday to ...

Burkina Faso strongman Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was inaugurated as president on Wednesday, just over three weeks after he led ...

West African leaders began a key summit on Thursday called to address the latest coup in a region struggling with ...