A West African al Qaeda affiliate said it killed 200 soldiers in an attack on an army base in Burkina Faso this week, sharply ...

At least 130 civilians were killed by Burkina Faso government forces and allied militia in March near the western town of ...

Burkina Faso's junta leader Capt. Ibrahim Traore has sparked a social media debate, with some in Africa praising him and ...

His message has resonated across Africa and beyond, with his admirers seeing him as following in the footsteps of African ...

Taliban-controlled media say the group’s acting ambassador to Iran has met with his Burkina Faso counterpart in the Iranian ...

In the dusty streets of Ouagadougou and across the black soil of Africa, a new leader has risen—one not groomed in Parisian ...

Burkina Faso, alongside Mali and Niger ... The hard reality is that democracy, as practiced in much of West Africa, has often been hollow. Elections have frequently been marred by fraud ...

Burkina Faso’s President Ibrahim Traoré has survived numerous assassination attempts since taking power in 2022, amid a ...

Childcare services are critical to empowering women, reducing poverty, and promoting equitable development in West Africa.

A key figure in West Africa’s banking sector, the serial Burkinabè entrepreneur has successfully led major regional expansion ...

and the coronavirus has produced a perfect storm of human misery in the small West African state of Burkina Faso. Burkina, with a population less about 20 million, is described as one of the world ...