In the heart of Burkina Faso, 300 kilometers from the capital Ouagadougou, the Bôbô people uphold a rich cultural tradition: the grand funerals, a sacred ritual designed to guide the souls of the ...

Curators and museum officials collaborated with the men who made the spectacular masquerades. "We thought, ‘Let's work with ...

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 ...

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – A leading Nigerian priest has praised President Ibrahim Traore of Burkina Faso for making a strong statement in favor of religious freedom. Traore recently declared that ...

Arrested journalists reappear in army gear, fueling concerns about the junta’s crackdown on press freedom in Burkina Faso. Two weeks after the military junta in Burkina Faso detained three journalists ...

Once the review is approved by IMF Management and completed by the IMF Executive Board, Burkina Faso will have access to about US$ 32 million (SDR 24.1 million) in financing. Economic growth is ...

Burkina Faso’s military government has officially granted amnesty to 21 soldiers who were convicted for their involvement in a failed coup attempt in 2015. The decision, issued through a presidential ...

A video circulated on social media on April 2, 2025, showing three outspoken journalists from Burkina Faso in military uniforms. Guezouma Sanogo, Boukari Ouoba, and Luc Pagbelguem had been ...

Burkina Faso saw fewer attacks in 2024, but they were far deadlier, killing more than 1,500 people. • Nearly half of the attacks were carried out by the jihadist group JNIM; ISIS was nearly absent. • ...

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 ...