The following leaders from around the world are among the dignitaries who have announced they will attend Pope Francis’ ...

But his spirit lives on in Burkina Faso’s latest military ruler, Ibrahim Traoré, an army captain who took power in a coup in 2022 at the age of 34. At home Mr Traoré is trying to stem the spread of ...

Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta issued a ... government has been running under a constitution approved by a national assembly that included army officers, civil society groups and ...

Burkina Faso's military junta claimed Monday to have foiled a "major plot in the making" aimed at "sowing total chaos", saying it believed the masterminds were in neighbouring Ivory Coast.

Burkina Faso military goment say dem don scatter ogbonge plot to overthrow dia military head of state Capt Ibrahim Traoré. Di army allege say di coup plotters base for neighbouring Ivory Coast.

(Nairobi) – Burkina Faso’s military junta arrested three journalists on March 24, 2025, for reporting on the government crackdown on the media, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities ...

Women and girls in Burkina Faso are being discriminated against by a system that won’t let them make decisions about their education, healthcare and contraception. We’re campaigning for the ...

Burkina Faso's military ... Sana said in a statement read out on national television. "According to the plan of the terrorist conspirators, the maneuver was to culminate in an assault on the ...

Located in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, ‘La Maison du Peuples’ (the House of the People) stands as an amalgamation of brutalist ...

the ultimate aim of which is to sow total chaos", Security Minister Mahamadou Sana said in a statement read out on national television. Read moreMali, Niger, Burkina Faso: How a triumvirate of ...