THE Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it is yet to receive any direct formal…
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THE military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger announced Sunday their immediate withdrawal from the West African bloc ECOWAS.…
BURKINA Faso says it has received 25,000 tonnes of free wheat from Russia. Confirming the news on Friday, one minister…
HUMAN Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday accused the Burkina Faso army of killing at least 60 civilians in drone strikes…
BAGHDAD Bounedjah’s equaliser deep into injury-time secured a draw for Algeria, denying Burkina Faso a second straight victory in the…
BERTRAND Traore scored a 96th-minute penalty to see Burkina Faso narrowly beat Mauritania in their Africa Cup of Nations opener…
RUSSIA on Thursday reopened its embassy in Burkina Faso after a gap of nearly 32 years after the West African…
BURKINA Faso’s former foreign minister-turned-opposition-leader has been missing for three days after being taken away from his house by people…
AT LEAST 40 civilians were killed in a militant attack in the northern Burkina Faso town of Djibo at the…
THE European Union has called for an investigation into the reported killing of around 100 people in Burkina Faso earlier…
BURKINA Faso and Russia are on Friday due to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the construction of a…
BURKINA Faso’s military government says the country’s security and intelligence services foiled a coup attempt on Tuesday. It’s almost a…
THREE top military officers in Burkina Faso have been arrested and charged with plotting against the ruling junta, the country’s…
AS a delegation from the West African bloc ECOWAS arrived in Niger on Saturday for talks with the military officers…
A ROMANIAN national kidnapped by an Al-Qaeda affiliate in 2015 in Burkina Faso, has been released after eight years in…
SCIENTISTS have found a naturally occurring strain of bacteria which can help stop the transmission of malaria from mosquitoes to…
REPORTS from Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, say bursts of gunfire have been heard in the early hours of…
A MILLION more people could be facing hunger in Burkina Faso in the next few months as the lack of…
SECURITY sources in Burkina Faso say unidentified assailants have killed 31 soldiers and three members of the Homeland Defence Volunteers…
SUSPECTED militants have killed about a dozen villagers and wounded several more in western Burkina Faso, security and local sources…