Burkina Faso’s military junta arrested three journalists on March 24, 2025 for reporting on the government crackdown on the ...

The three, all in their late thirties or early forties, said they had fought in Burkina Faso multiple times since ... with whom they had strong family and ethnic ties. "My elder brother, his ...

Residents of Tanwalbougou in the eastern part of Burkina Faso are currently fleeing their ... local resident who arrived in the city with his family. Makama further stated that the attack adds ...

Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta has arrested three prominent journalists, escalating its crackdown on media freedom in the West African country, according to a Human Rights Watch ...

On Tuesday, the well-known political activist and journalist Idrissa Barry was arrested by men claiming to be gendarmes in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, sparking fears he has been forcibly ...

Singer and storyteller Kaito Winse was born in a small village in the Sourou region of northern Burkina Faso. He was born into a family of griots, a keeper of oral traditions that are steeped in his ...

The Economic Community of West African States hopes to use this time to convince the three nations to stay in the bloc. Groups with links to al-Qaeda and ISIL accused of ‘massacring villagers ...

Mali has withdrawn from a global alliance of French-speaking countries, days after two of its neighbors took the same step.

Five of the 10 countries most impacted by terrorism are also in the Sahel. Although Burkina Faso remains the most affected country, both deaths and attacks declined, falling by 21% and 57% ...

In a huge blow to Ecowas, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are leaving to forge ahead with their own group. Burkina Faso's Capt Ibrahim Traore had a holstered pistol in what some saw a security breach.