Extremists have killed dozens of soldiers in an attack on a military base in Mali, civil society and military sources said ...

Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary ... tried to seize a town in northern Burkina Faso on Sunday, the state broadcaster ...

Experts dubbed those countries a “coup belt.” Among others, that belt includes Burkina Faso. Russia and the juntas frame the anti-West glissade as a start of decolonization processes leading ...

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 ...

Burkina Faso has accused three French diplomats of “subversive activities” and ordered them to leave the country within 48 hours, according to a foreign ministry letter viewed by Reuters and ...

I was reminded of the stories my grandmother used to tell me about when Burkina Faso was a French colony. The short documentary above explores the complex and overlapping power dynamics of class ...

On September 30, Burkina Faso military leader President Paul-Henri Damiba was deposed in the country’s second coup in a year, as army Captain Ibrahim Traore took charge, dissolving the ...

Burkina Faso’s President Ibrahim Traoré has survived numerous assassination attempts since taking power in 2022, amid a complex web of internal betrayal, terrorist threats, and foreign ...

Four officers have been detained, a junta spokesman said. LONDON -- Burkina Faso's military government announced Wednesday that Burkinabe intelligence and security services foiled a coup attempt.

Burkina Faso did not pay off all its external debt in March 2025, contrary to a claim shared on social media. Facebook posts on March 29 and 30, some shared hundreds of times, said Burkina Faso ...

When armed men entered Safi’s village in northern Burkina Faso and began firing, she hid in her home with her four children. The gunmen found them and let them live — to suffer the guilt of ...