Burkina Faso has granted an industrial mining licence to Russian miner Nordgold for a gold project, the military-led West African government said, aiming to capitalise on record-high gold prices to ...

Diplomatic tensions between Benin and its junta-led Sahel neighbours Niger and Burkina Faso have led to a security vacuum ...

British rapper and Burna Boy's former girlfriend, Stefflon Don, has called President Ibrahim Traore, the real giant of Africa ...

By Paul Mamattah The Ambassador for Universal Peace Federation, Amb. Chief Oyeyemisola Fatuyi FIIM, CPI, has condemned the United States’ alleged plans to militarily intervene in Burkina Faso, warning ...

Niger joins Mali and Burkina Faso in distancing from France, having quit the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie and forming the Alliance of Sahel States. Similar moves are underway across ...

There were goals galore in Thursday’s quarter-final action at the 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations as Burkina Faso moved to the top of the scoring charts. Burkina Faso maintained their perfect start to ...

Fortuna Mining (NYSE: FSM, TSX: FVI) agreed to sell its Burkina Faso operations to Mauritius-based Soleil Resources International for about $130 million cash. The sale represents “a prudent exit ...

SRI is a private Mauritius company which operates three mines, holds exploration permits, and owns a drilling company all in Burkina Faso. Following the completion of the Transaction, Fortuna will ...

Ten years ago, if there had been a submarine cable cut like the one that happened last year, most services in Burkina Faso would have been unavailable or hindered. Things as simple as getting a ...

(Ecofin Agency) - • Burkina Faso raised 40.35 billion CFA ($67 million) in a recent bond auction but had to accept high interest rates. • Investor confidence is shaken following a government request ...

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 ...

Djibo, a town in northern Burkina Faso, came under attack this morning by jihadist forces, adding to the string of violent incidents that have destabilized the region. Affiliated with the Group ...