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

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Security Minister Mahamadou Sana announced the foiling of the coup on television on Monday Burkina Faso's military government has said it foiled a "major plot" to overthrow junta leader Capt ...