On April 1, Burkina Faso’s security minister published a list of individuals who are “actively wanted for criminal association in relation to a terrorist enterprise,” and called on the ...

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Burkina Faso, under the leadership of President Ibrahim Traoré ... Traoré’s administration mandated that magistrates replace traditional French-origin black robes with attire made from locally ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Burkina Faso junta leader Ibrahim Traore participates in a ceremony in Ouagadougou, Oct. 15, 2022. (AP Photo ...

Foreign ministers of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger will visit Moscow this ... The new group has also shunned traditional Western allies like France and the United States and turned towards Russia ...

Military President of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traore recently banned ... The ubiquitous black gown was reportedly replaced by an African traditional dress and the periwig, with a unique traditional ...

Militias allied with Burkina Faso's military junta have been linked to a "gruesome" massacre in a western city that left dozens dead this week, Human Rights Watch ...

Accelerating progress to restore 1.5 billion hectares of degraded land around the world and jumpstarting a trillion-dollar ...

In a huge blow to Ecowas, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are leaving to forge ahead with their own group. Burkina Faso's Capt Ibrahim Traore had a holstered pistol in what some saw a security breach.

President John Dramani Mahama arrived in Burkina Faso today as part of his ‘good neighbourliness’ tour, aimed at strengthening diplomatic ties with neighbouring countries. Upon arrival ...

Burkina Faso's ruling military junta has arrested three prominent journalists, intensifying its crackdown on media freedom in the West African country, according to a Human Rights Watch report ...