Burkina Faso’s military regime will extend its rule by five years under a new agreement reached during national consultations on Saturday, the talks’ chairman Colonel Moussa Diallo said on ...

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 ...

Muslimin, or JNIM, launched a series of large-scale, coordinated attacks in the north and east of Burkina Faso, highlighting ...

US philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has commended the Sahel nations of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger for ...

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.

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.

Burkina Faso has completed the transfer of five gold mining assets to the country's state-owned miner, according to a decree published late on Wednesday, finalising a process that began in August to ...

Burkina Faso's junta chief on Friday said the prime ministers functions were "terminated" and that the government had been dissolved. No reasons were given for the decision. Burkina Faso's ruling ...

A poor country even by West African standards, landlocked Burkina Faso has suffered from recurring droughts and military coups. A former French colony, it gained independence as Upper Volta in 1960.

Military-led Burkina Faso has frozen the "assets and resources" of more than 100 people, including ex-president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, and two jihadist groups over the "financing of terrorism ...