IN SHORT: A message circulating on Facebook claims that Nigeria has launched a missile strike on Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, targeting the country's military head of state, Ibrahim Traoré.

At least 90 people flying the same flag were arrested in northern Nigeria during a protest against economic hardship in August 2024 (archived here). Unlike the stable and thriving country portrayed on ...

Burkina Faso plans to take control of more foreign-owned industrial mines, its prime minister said, as the West African nation seeks a bigger share of revenue from its resources. Like neighbours ...

Burkina Faso’s military-led government has announced that it successfully thwarted what it described as a “major coup plot” targeting junta leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, according to a ...

Canadian precious metals company Fortuna Mining has agreed to sell its Burkina Faso assets, including the Yaramoko gold mine, to privately held Soleil Resources International for a total ...

(Nairobi) – Burkina Faso’s military junta arrested three journalists on March 24, 2025, for reporting on the government crackdown on the media, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities ...

Daniel Eizenga has previously received funding from a Minerva Initiative research grant through the University of Florida to conduct research in Burkina Faso towards his Ph.D. Dr Eizenga is ...

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. With a total $33 million budget, the ...

People ride their scooters in the Gounghin district of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso on Jan. 26, 2022. (Credit: Sophie Garcia/AP.) Listen YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Cardinal Pietro Cardinal Parolin has ...

Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta appointed a new Prime Minister, a day after dissolving the government without providing any reason. Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo, until now ...

Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta issued a decree Friday (December 6, 2024) dismissing Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela and announcing the dissolution of the national ...

Burkina Faso’s government vowed a decisive response after over 200 were killed in the Barsalogho terror attack. Interim President Traore has made fighting terrorism ...