Captain Ibrahim Traoré, 34 years old, became the provisional head of Burkina Faso’s government after a military coup in ...

Economic Community of West African States continues to promote economic integration, peace and cooperation in West Africa - ...

The military rulers of Burkina Faso have turned to a man once known as “Africa’s Che Guevara” as a way to rally a country ...

Member of Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Dr. Zainab Gimba, has blamed the rising spate of terrorism and violent extremism in Nigeria, West Africa and the Sahel on ...

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 official criticizing junta ...

Burkina Faso and other countries of the Sahel region share one paradox—that of high ... then 10 countries are included in this region—Senegal, Gambia, Mauritania, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso ...

A jihadi group aligned with Al-Qaida known as Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin, or JNIM, which is active in the Sahel ...

Burkina Faso's military regime wants to reinstate the ... bills tabled to abolish the death penalty for all crimes, while Gambia ... has commenced a constitutional amendment process that will ...

Burkina Faso plans to take control of more foreign-owned industrial mines, its prime minister said, as the West African nation seeks a bigger share of revenue from its resources.

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 ...

The latest execution in Burkina Faso was in 1988 ... have bills tabled to abolish the death penalty for all crimes, while Gambia... has commenced a constitutional amendment process that will ...