A year after the abduction of journalist Serge Oulon, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is calling on Saïdou Maïga, the ...

Burkina Faso is many things. The country is considered to be the epicenter of global terrorism today. It is ranked number one ...

Burkina Faso's military junta leader Ibrahim Traore has sought deeper military ties with Russia since seizing power in a coup ...

Al Qaeda Affiliate Says 200 Soldiers Killed in Burkina Faso Attack (This May 15 story has been corrected to show that the two tolls are for different attacks in paragraphs 1 and 2) DAKAR (Reuters ...

A satellite image from August 29, 2024, shows a newly-built trench near Barsalogho, Burkina Faso, days after hundreds of people were killed by suspected jihadists there. 2024 Planet Labs Inc./Reuters ...

Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso have agreed with Russia to acquire telecommunications and surveillance satellites. The satellite technology would enhance border surveillance and national security ...

Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso have announced a deal with Russia which will see them acquire telecoms and surveillance satellites. The three West African countries, run by military juntas, have ...

Russia will deploy telecommunications and remote-sensing satellites over three West African countries led by military juntas that had already cut ties with American and European allies and turned ...

A satellite image shows a newly-built trench near Barsalogho, where hundreds of people were killed by suspected jihadists on August 24, in Burkina Faso, August 29, 2024. 2024 Planet Labs Inc. via ...

At least 100 civilians were killed by Burkina Faso government forces in March near the western town of Solenzo, Human Rights Watch said Monday. According to victim testimony and videos shared on ...

Abidjan, Ivory Coast — Military-led Burkina Faso has frozen the "assets and resources" of more than 100 people, including ex-president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, and two jihadist groups over ...

Young boys gather on top of a car, displaying the flags of Niger, Burkina Faso and Russia, during a demonstration demanding the immediate departure of U.S. soldiers from Niger, in Niamey, April 13 ...