Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led ...

Cardinal Pietro Cardinal Parolin has praised authorities in Burkina Faso for their effort to regain control of the country, ...

Three Ghanaians have told the BBC of their involvement in the fighting between Islamist insurgents and the military in ...

Since 2023, the Burkina Faso Hydromet Project has supported the installation of 9,700 farmer rain gauges to help rural communities better manage their crop years.

Residents of Tanwalbougou in the eastern part of Burkina Faso are currently fleeing their homes following the occupation of ...

Following the withdrawal of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso from ECOWAS, there are now fewer countries that Nigerian passport ...

Senegal, Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso have formed a regional sanitation platform through which they will share information ...

Interview. Activist Dayamba Bindré Roger warns that crises and conflicts increase vulnerability, making people easy targets ...

Niger’s National Conference has submitted a proposal to return the country to non-military rule after a five-year transition period during which the current military government will stay in power ...

A national committee to chart Niger’s future has proposed that the junta-ruled country return to civilian administration in five years under new rules that strictly limit the number of political ...

In some battles, I've seen 40, 50 or 100 dead people," one of the men told the BBC. The three, all in their late thirties or early forties, said they had fought in Burkina Faso multiple times ...