DAKAR, Senegal — Burkina Faso’s military rulers have dissolved the country’s independent electoral commission, authorities ...

Burkina Faso's military rulers have disbanded the country's electoral commission calling it a waste of money. The interior ...

Burkina Faso's junta said it had uncovered an international plot to overthrow it and which included ... The junta came to power in a 2022 coup pledging to beat back jihadists who have ravaged the ...

Burkina Faso’s President Ibrahim Traoré has reportedly ordered the apprehension of the alleged mastermind behind a failed ...

The politically neutral Conseil de l'Entente could revive urgently needed security partnerships among Sahel and coastal states.

Burkina Faso Coup Leader to Hand Over Power in Two Years Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, the leader of the military junta which seized control of Burkina Faso in a military coup d’etat ...

Burkina Faso coup leader Ibrahim Traore announced Friday that there would be no elections in the country until security concerns were addressed. Traore previously promised elections would be ...

Johannesburg — The military junta that seized power in Burkina Faso less than two years ago announced a law Wednesday criminalizing homosexuality. "Henceforth homosexuality and associated ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Thousands of people rallied in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou on Wednesday in support of the military junta after an alleged coup attempt and comments by an American ...

By Martin Goillandeau, CNN (CNN) — Four army officers were arrested in Burkina Faso, a military prosecutor said, a day after the country’s ruling ...

The leader of a short-lived coup in Burkina Faso, General Gilbert Diendere, was handed over to authorities on Thursday after seeking refuge in the Vatican embassy, sources in the transitional ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended Burkina Faso after the country’s confusing, multi-day military mutiny and subsequent coup d’etat last week.