Tag: Burkina Faso

The French embassy in Burkina Faso has asked the West African state for more protection after violent protests targeted the ...

Burkina Faso’s interim President Ibrahim Traore has assured US diplomats that he has no intention of inviting Russian Wagner forces ...

Burkina Faso's new military leader Ibrahim Traore named jurist and author Appolinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela as interim prime minister, ...

Thousands of mourners gathered in Burkina Faso's capital on Saturday for the funeral of 27 soldiers killed in an ambush ...

Thousands of mourners gathered in Burkina Faso's capital on Saturday for the funeral of 27 soldiers killed in an ambush ...

Burkina Faso's self-declared military leader Captain Ibrahim Traore has accepted a conditional resignation offered by President Paul-Henri Damiba to avoid ...

The coup in Burkina Faso on Friday, the second in the country so far this year, was caused by the ...

Gunfire rang out across Burkina Faso's capital on Saturday and fire broke out at the French embassy after self-declared leader ...

The army Captain of Burkina Faso - Ibrahim Traore - ousted military leader Paul-Henri Damiba, saying in a statement read ...

Burkina Faso's former-President Blaise Compaore returned from exile on Thursday, almost eight years after he was toppled in an uprising, ...

Burkina Faso's army has given civilians two weeks to evacuate vast areas in its northern and southeastern regions ahead of ...

Burkina Faso's army has ordered civilians to evacuate two large "military interest zones" in its northern and southeastern regions ahead ...

Architect Diebedo Francis Kere, recognised globally for his innovative, sustainable designs, was feted as a hero in Burkina Faso over the weekend, on ...

Armed assailants have killed about 50 people in a part of eastern Burkina Faso ravaged by Islamist violence, the region’s ...

The dead bodies of four out of eight missing miners have been found at a zinc mine owned by Trevali ...

The African Union Peace and Security Council says it is concerned about the increase in food insecurity in Africa, especially ...

Fifteen soldiers and six civilians were killed on Sunday in attacks in Mali and Burkina Faso, neighbouring West African countries ...

The president of Burkina Faso's mines chamber said on Monday extra measures would be taken to increase security and help ...

At least 12 soldiers and four paramilitary fighters were killed and 21 wounded in an attack on an army base ...

Burkina Faso former President Roch Kabore, who had been detained since he was toppled in a military coup in January, ...