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 ...

Burkina Faso extends amnesty to those involved in failed 2015 coup Two generals considered the masterminds of the failed coup, Compaoré's former chief of staff Gilbert Diendéré and head of ...

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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.

The victims were regular army soldiers and civilian volunteers, while there were “many wounded”, the source added. A suspected jihadist attack in eastern Burkina Faso has killed several dozen soldiers ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta arrested three prominent journalists, escalating its crackdown on media freedom in the West African country, according to a Human ...

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 ...

Burkina Faso and Cameroon open their Group B campaign at the TotalEnergies CAF Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2025 with a clash at the Larbi Zaouli Stadium in Casablanca on Monday (kick-off ...