Burkina Faso has taken a big step toward changing its jail system by instituting a reform that links offenders' sentences to ...

Suspected fighters from the Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) have launched a devastating assault on Guiedougou, a village in western Burkina Faso, killing an estimated 300 people.

Major chocolate manufacturers have pledged to combat and eliminate child labor. They made this commitment more than 20 years ...

A West African organisation is working with local churches and rural communities in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso to support ...

The leader of Burkina Faso’s ruling junta has granted amnesty to 21 soldiers convicted for their roles in a failed coup attempt in 2015, according to an official decree obtained on Monday.

Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso have agreed to form a joint armed force to combat terrorist groups in the region, Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop announced on Thursday. The three countries ...

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 ...

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 ...

My dad threatened me saying, "If you don’t go to join your husband I will kill you."' 13-year-old 'Maria' spoke to us at the women's shelter pictured above in May 2015 In some parts of Burkina Faso, ...

Friday’s 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations action saw Gambia rout Somalia, while Mali qualified for the knockout stages as one of only two teams still with a 100 per cent record. Gambia kept their AFCON ...