President Traore, 37, took power in a military coup last year with a promise that he would continue to earn the same salary ...

One security source in Tapoa province said an army detachment from the main city of Diapaga was targeted in a “violent attack ...

Abidjan (West Africa): "Several dozen" soldiers and civilian auxilaries have been killed in a suspected jihadist attack in ...

Burkina Faso’s military junta arrested three journalists on March 24, 2025 for reporting on the government crackdown on the ...

A new cement plant in Laongo, Burkina Faso's cement market has joined Dangote to make the market more competitiveThe facility ...

Burkina Faso’s press freedom faces a growing crackdown, with the abduction of two journalists just days after they publicly ...

West African neighbours Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have announced a new 0.5% levy on imported goods as they seek to fund a new three-state union after leaving the larger regional economic bloc, they ...

Burkina Faso's ruling military junta has arrested three prominent journalists, escalating its crackdown on media freedom in ...

Burkina Faso's military leader Ibrahim Traore showed off his football skills, scoring three goals in an exhibition game ...

Neighbouring Burkina Faso had already made the same decision, OIF spokesperson Oria K. Vande Weghe told French-language ...

Niger’s junta leader, Abdourahamane Tchiani, has been sworn in as the country’s president for a transition period of five ...

On Tuesday, the well-known political activist and journalist Idrissa Barry was arrested by men claiming to be gendarmes in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, sparking fears he has been forcibly ...