Laurent Koadima yearns for the days when his cotton farm in Burkina Faso allowed him to provide for his family, before ...

A mutinous soldier fires into the air at the Bobo interchange, near the Lamizana camp in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou Sunday Jan. 23, 2022. Witnesses are reporting heavy gunfire at a ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — In the wake of a weekend attack that killed at least 29 people, security was beefed up across Burkina Faso’s capital Monday as businesses and banks reopened.

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Gunfire erupted at military bases across this conflict-hit West African country early on Sunday as part of an attempted mutiny by soldiers angered by their government ...

Islamist militants launched coordinated attacks on the capital of Burkina Faso on Friday, with gunshots and explosions targeting the French Embassy and army headquarters, underscoring the growing ...

Hundreds of people have marched through the streets of Burkina Faso’s capital in a show of support for the new military-led junta that ousted democratically elected President Roch Marc Christian ...

An American missionary was one of at least 28 people killed in a bloody terrorist attack in Burkina Faso's capital that ended Saturday after national and French security forces raided an upscale ...

Located 130 miles from the capital of Ouagadougou, Djibo has been under blockade by rebels for more than a year, often struggling to provide essential services. The government press agency Agence ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Water trickles out of the faucet sometimes around 2 a.m. — and by dawn the taps run empty at Dramane Drabo’s laundry business. It could be days before any more ...

Burkina Faso has also seen its share of coup attempts and military takeovers, although it experienced a period of relative stability under Compaore, who ruled for 27 years until his ouster in 2014.

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — People lined up at gas stations and money machines in Burkina Faso’s capital on Thursday as life began returning to normal after a week-long coup. Interim President ...

Burkina Faso controls as little as 60% of its territory, experts say, and Islamist violence is worsening. Since 2020 more than a million people have been displaced in the country due to the violence.