Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are increasingly turning ... In addition, all three are facing problems posed by Islamist ...

The juntas in West Africa have discovered the sweetness of power and seem reluctant to hand it back to civilians.

Power equations among countries and in regions change pretty fast especially when that country and that region is going ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Relations between Algeria and the military alliance of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger plunged to historic ...

Ibrahim Traore is Burkina Faso’s president today, courtesy of two coups in under nine months – January and September 2022. He ...

Burkina Faso did not pay off all its external debt in March 2025, contrary to a claim shared on social media.

(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 ...

Twenty-one soldiers, convicted for their role in the failed coup d'état in Burkina Faso in September 2015, have received a ...

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 ...

Four decades ago a 34-year-old army captain from Burkina Faso stood before the UN General Assembly and demanded a new world order. The speech, which was watched eagerly by young people across west ...

Their hard-fought 2-1 victory over Egypt on Thursday night confirmed their status as one of the tournament's most formidable ...