At 36, Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré is the world’s youngest president, in stark contrast to Africa’s average leader age of 63. He took office in September 2022 after overthrowing Paul ...

The military regime in Burkina Faso has said its intelligence service thwarted a plot to overthrow the junta in April. It said the coup attempt was planned in Ivory Coast. Burkina Faso's military ...

Burkina Faso has granted an industrial mining licence to Russian miner Nordgold for a gold project, the military-led West African government said, aiming to capitalize on record-high gold prices ...

R ecently updated travel advisories urge Americans to take extra precautions or avoid travel altogether. Colombia in South ...

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 Côte d'Ivoire.

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.

A video circulated on social media on April 2, 2025, showing three outspoken journalists from Burkina Faso in military uniforms. Guezouma Sanogo, Boukari Ouoba, and Luc Pagbelguem had been ...

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.

Exiting Burkina Faso “improves the (company’s) jurisdiction profile,” Mohamed Sidibé, an analyst at National Bank Financial in Toronto, said in a note Friday. “In our view, the ...

President John Dramani Mahama has extended a formal invitation to the military-led governments of Mali, Burkina Faso, and ...

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 ...