Burkina Faso faces a dire humanitarian crisis. Government authorities reported that over 2 million people were internally displaced (IDPs) at the end of 2024, and the country also hosts more than ...

A year after the abduction of journalist Serge Oulon, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is calling on Saïdou Maïga, the ...

Burkina Faso-based financial group, Vista Group Holding, has acquired a majority stake in Société Générale Burkina Faso (SGBF). •The move is part of Vista Group's pan-African expansion strategy and ...

Burkina Faso is many things. The country is considered to be the epicenter of global terrorism today. It is ranked number one ...

The Moroccan Embassy in Burkina Faso informed the union late Monday that the four drivers had been freed and were safe in Niamey. “They will be brought back soon,” said Echarki El Hachmi, the ...

Burkina Faso has an outstanding external debt estimated at more than $10 billion. Additionally, it owes China an unknown amount of money. A vast majority of its mining fields are owned by French ...

Anti-French sentiment in Burkina Faso has roused support for coup leader Ibrahim Traore on social media, much of it ...

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 ...

Russia has signed a comprehensive nuclear cooperation agreement with Burkina Faso on the sidelines of the St Petersburg ...

The West African nation of Burkina Faso was once known for its lively arts scene. Now, it is a country torn apart by Islamist extremists and the government’s brutal effort to drive them out.

The four were transporting electrical equipment from Casablanca to Niamey, the capital of Niger, and had been on the road for more than 20 days along the 3,000-mile (5,000-kilometer) route when ...