(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 ...

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 ...

Neighbouring Burkina Faso had already made the same decision, OIF spokesperson Oria K. Vande Weghe told French-language international channel, TV5 Monde the same day. On Tuesday, Malian ...

The party warned that Nigeria’s democracy was in a critical state ... worried that the ‘Boy Scouts’ in Mali, Guinea, and Burkina Faso would be having a good laugh tonight as they read ...

On Monday, fellow junta-led states Burkina Faso and Niger, which have also turned their backs on former colonial power France while forging ties with Russia, announced their withdrawal from the OIF.

Women and girls in Burkina Faso are being discriminated against by a system that won’t let them make decisions about their education, healthcare and contraception. We’re campaigning for the ...

President Donald Trump is invoking emergency powers to boost the ability of the US to produce critical minerals ... the law in his first term to spur mask production during the coronavirus ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso's ruling military junta arrested three prominent ... The AES coalition has silenced critical media, while continuing to promise a new path towards normalcy that so ...

Arts and cultural organizations across the state grapple with what to do in the face of federal cuts affecting local programs ...

International groups demand their immediate release, calling the detentions part of a broader effort to silence critical voices. International journalists’ associations strongly condemned on Tuesday ...

They wore ski masks and black hoodies. The cashier had seen this before. With an air of resignation, she left her perch at the register and moved to the back of the store. From there, she could ...