Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position ... Some estimates place the number of people displaced by violence as high as 3 million, though ...

And the social and economic impact of the coronavirus could wipe out five years of development progress in all the Sahelian countries (Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Chad). Nevertheless, over ...

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.

TASS/. Burkina Faso and Mali have placed warplanes in Niger in solidarity with the country where a military coup took place last month, and to be ready to repulse any aggression, Niger’s RTN TV ...

(Nairobi) – Pro-government militias in Burkina Faso are implicated in video footage circulating on social networks showing the massacre of dozens of civilians in and around the western city of ...

With education and healthcare programmes in place, these deaths could be dramatically reduced. ‘Sometimes I have to get into debt just to renew my contraception.’ Sofia, aged 40, sells doughnuts to ...

March 15 (Reuters) - Militias allied with Burkina Faso's military junta have been ... The incident took place in and around the city of Solenzo on March 10 and 11, the rights group said.

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 ...

A soldier fires into the air, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, in this still image taken from video on January 23, 2022. [Reuters] The West African nation of Burkina Faso hit international headlines ...

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 ...