OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta appointed a new prime minister, a day after dissolving the government without providing any reason. Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s new junta leader Capt. Ibrahim Traore said the West African nation would still aim to hold elections by 2024 or even earlier, as regional mediators ...

By Laudia Anyorkor Nunoo Tema, May 20, GNA – Major General Paul Seidu Tanye Kulono, Director-General of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), and his delegation have paid a courtesy call on ...

Located in Africa's Sahel region, Burkina Faso is currently grappling with one of the world’s fastest growing displacement crises. Notably, it holds the fourth position on the IRC's 2024 Watchlist, an ...

Amnesty International calls the latest Traore government crackdown a ‘flagrant attack’ on basic rights.

Democracy "kills" and the people of Burkina Faso must "forget" it, the country's military ruler has said in an interview aired on state television.

Mali and Burkina Faso declared they will impose the same visa restrictions on US citizens that America applies to their nationals. The announcements came weeks after President Trump added both West ...

Burkina Faso is a poor, landlocked country that depends on adequate rainfall. Irregular patterns of rainfall, poor soil, and the lack of adequate communications and other infrastructure contribute to ...

Senegal are into their second consecutive AFCON final after beating Burkina Faso 3-1 at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium. Burkina Faso started the game on the front foot as Bertrand Traore fought hard to ...

Conflict. Climate shock. Water scarcity and rising food insecurity. The humanitarian situation in Burkina Faso, a small, landlocked country in the Central Sahel region of West Africa, is one of the ...