BURKINA Faso’s military ruler Capt Ibrahim Traoré has sacked his Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela and dissolved the…
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BURKINA Faso’s armed forces say they are investigating a gruesome video that purports to show military volunteers hacking apart a…
MILITANTS insurgents in Burkina Faso have stepped up attacks on civilians, carrying out door-to-door killings, slitting throats and targeting Christian…
RUSSIA is withdrawing 100 of its paramilitary officers from Burkina Faso to help in the war in Ukraine. They are…
THE Chiefs of Defence Staff of the Economic Community of West Africa States on Friday called for the return of…
THE military leaders of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have hailed a newly signed treaty as a step “towards greater…
PRESIDENT of the Economic Community of West African State, Omar Touray, has regretted that despite numerous deliberations, ECOWAS has been…
AN attack that reportedly killed over 100 soldiers on an army base in Burkina Faso has snowballed into speculation about…
AN ARMED group linked to al-Qaeda, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), has claimed responsibility for what it said was an…
FEEBLY shaded by trees in the blistering heat, desperate civilians throng a displacement camp in tents and ramshackle shelters after…
BURKINA Faso, Mali, and Niger have finalised plans to form a new confederation, the Confederation of the Alliance of Sahel…
BURKINA Faso has rejected “baseless accusations” that soldiers massacred 223 people in attacks in February. A Human Rights Watch report…
BURKINA Faso has suspended the BBC and Voice of America radio networks from broadcasting after they aired a rights report…
BURKINA Faso’s military junta has expelled three French diplomats, accusing them of “subversive activities”. France said there were “no grounds”…
YOUNGSTERS in Burkina Faso are joining the state in the fight against female genital mutilation (FGM) as population displacement caused by…
SOME 170 people including women and children have been “executed” in attacks on three villages in Burkina Faso, a public…
DOZENS of people have been shot dead at a mosque on the same day that a church was attacked, say…
AT LEAST 15 people have been killed and two others injured following an attack on a Catholic church in north-eastern…
MALI booked a quarter-final meeting with hosts Ivory Coast by holding on to beat Burkina Faso at the 2023 Africa…
THE Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it is yet to receive any direct formal…