Burkina Faso's new president came to power in a dramatic coup, winning hearts across Africa with fiery rhetoric and viral social media appeal.

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

The West African geopolitical landscape is undergoing a seismic shift. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ...

FREE TO READ] Anger over democratic dysfunction and western meddling has fuelled global support for Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim ...

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

A West African al Qaeda affiliate has claimed responsibility for killing 200 soldiers at an army base in Burkina Faso's Djibo ...

That would leave the military junta, which has already been in power ... follow the post-Cold War trend for military coups in West Africa, in which juntas that seized power were quickly coaxed ...

Mali’s military leadership suspended political parties' activities “until further notice”, state television announced on ...

Following a pro-junta demonstration in Burkina Faso on April 30, 2025, social media platforms have been flooded with videos ...

Between August 2020 and August 2024, West and Central Africa experienced about nine coup ... known as the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). The junta in all three nations had accused ECOWAS of ...

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