With his counterinsurgency strategy only deepening Burkina Faso's security crisis, Traore has turned to repressing anyone he views as a threat. The post With Security Unraveling, Burkina Faso's ...

Boosted by WMO technical assistance to the Hydromet Burkina Faso project and by CREWS Togo, Burkina Faso and Togo have ...

A World Bank-led ethnographic study reveals how the lack of affordable childcare in urban Burkina Faso forces low-income ...

Burkina Faso’s human rights situation deteriorated considerably in 2023, ... Dassa is in an area where the JNIM is known to operate and carry out attacks. On January 26, ...

Located in Africa's Sahel region, Burkina Faso is currently grappling with one of the world’s fastest growing displacement crises. Notably, it holds the fourth position on the IRC's 2024 Watchlist, an ...

Burkina Faso’s military regime will extend its rule by five years under a new agreement reached during national consultations on Saturday, the talks’ chairman Colonel Moussa Diallo said on ...

Learn about UNHCR’s work in Burkina Faso, including refugee and displacement data, programme plans, funding needs and contact details. Skip to main content ... UNHCR continues its efforts to promote ...

Burkina Faso’s military junta leader Capt. Ibrahim Traore arrives at the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, May 10, 2025 (RIA Novosti photo by Stanislav Krasilnikov via AP). Click to share on Twitter ...

Burkina Faso did not pay off all its external debt in March 2025, contrary to a claim shared on social media. Facebook posts on March 29 and 30, some shared hundreds of times, said Burkina Faso ...

The military junta in Burkina Faso, a West African nation struggling to defeat extremist groups, has been forcibly conscripting critics, say human rights organizations.

Burkina Faso has an outstanding external debt estimated at more than $10 billion. Additionally, it owes China an unknown amount of money. A vast majority of its mining fields are owned by French ...