Plotters included current and former soldiers, as well as terrorist leaders, who planned to swarm the presidential palace on ...

The challenge will be translating the country's rich mineral resources and promising economy into stability and development.At 36, Burkina Faso's Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the world's youngest ...

The Burkina Faso military government says it has thwarted a plot to overthrow junta leader Ibrahim Traore. This adds to the ...

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 ...

Burkina Faso did not pay off all its external debt in March 2025, contrary to a claim shared on social media. Facebook posts on March 29 and 30, some shared hundreds of times, said Burkina Faso ...

Burkina Faso's military government said on Monday evening it had foiled a coup attempt that aimed "to sow total chaos" in the West African nation. It claim that the masterminds were located in ...

The US has issued an urgent 'do not travel' warning for two countries amid increased political unrest and even risk to life.

Last August, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger petitioned the president of the UN Security Council to denounce the Ukrainian government's “open and assumed support for international terrorism ...

(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 ...

A new eleven-week counter-terrorism training program for security officers from five African nations – Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Nigeria – commenced in Rabat on Monday.

AES balance of trade has consistently been a deficit as imports into the region exceed exports from the region.

Burkina Faso's junta said on Monday it had thwarted a "major plot" to sow "total chaos" that it believes originated in the Ivory Coast, as the country continues to see increased insecurity despite the ...