The victims were all ethnic Fulani, a pastoralist community that is widespread across the region, which the government has ...

The massacre by government forces and pro-government militias led to reprisal killings by Islamist fighters, according to the ...

Human Rights Watch reported in March that at least 100 ethnic Fulani civilians were killed by government forces near Solenzo, ...

Human Rights Watch says at least 100 civilians in Burkina Faso were killed by government forces near the town of Solenzo in ...

At 36, Burkina Faso’s Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the world’s youngest president – in stark contrast to Africa’s average leader age of 63. He took office in September 2022 after overthrowing Lieutenant ...

Burkina Faso has granted an industrial mining licence to Russian miner Nordgold for a gold project, the military-led West African government said, aiming to capitalize on record-high gold prices ...

British rapper, Stephanie Victoria Allen aka Stefflon Don, has praised the president of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traore, on social media. The music star, who is also famed for formerly dating Nigerian ...

Burkina Faso’s resident, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has been honoured with the prestigious title of Grand Commander of Peace (GCOP) by the African Continental Chapter of the United Nations ...

April 25 (Reuters) - Burkina Faso has granted an industrial mining licence to Russian miner Nordgold for a gold project, the military-led West African government said, aiming to capitalise on ...

Diplomatic tensions between Benin and its junta-led Sahel neighbours Niger and Burkina Faso have led to a security vacuum which jihadists are exploiting with ever-deadlier attacks, analysts told AFP.

The military regime in Burkina Faso has said its intelligence service thwarted a plot to overthrow the junta in April. It said the coup attempt was planned in Ivory Coast. Since the Traoré-led ...

The Economic Community of West African States has begun moves to relocate its institutions and agencies from Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso following the recent withdrawal of the three Sahelian ...