Burkina Faso’s new military leader is in Mali for his first foreign trip since taking power, holding what his Malian counterpart hailed as “fruitful” exchanges on…
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Captain Ibrahim Traore has been appointed as president of Burkina Faso after Paul-Henri Damiba was removed in the West African country’s second coup in less than…
Heavy gunfire was heard coming from the main military camp and some residential areas of Burkina Faso’s capital early on Friday morning. Several armed soldiers were…
The president of Guinea-Bissau and current chairman of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Umaro Sissoco Embalo, visited Ouagadougou on Sunday to discuss the timeframe…
Inmates in Tanzania correctional facilities will soon begin to earn wages for manual labour done, such as farming and construction, authorities have disclosed. The Tanzania authorities…
Burkina Faso’s government said that the eighth and last body of a group of miners who were reported missing in April had been found, bringing to…
Bakeries in Burkina Faso downed their shutters nationwide on Thursday in protest over the government’s refusal to let them increase the price of bread to match…
Human Rights Watch (HRW) have stated that armed insurgent groups, government security forces and militia in Burkina Faso are committing increased abuses against civilians as the…
The families of eight missing miners in Burkina Faso desperately awaited news from rescue teams continuing on Thursday to locate the men who have been stuck…
Rescue workers are racing against the clock to save eight miners who have been trapped for two weeks in a Canadian-operated mine in Burkina Faso. Trevali…