Burkina Faso is a west African dryland country known for its diverse ecosystems, including savannas, forests and wetlands.

The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

Sahel Region, Burkina Faso - January 12 ... a marked ancestral date of this diverse local culture, only officially recognized in recent decades from Morocco to Libya. FOOTAGE OF THE ALGERIAN ...

Experts dubbed those countries a “coup belt.” Among others, that belt includes Burkina Faso. Russia and the juntas frame the anti-West glissade as a start of decolonization processes leading ...

"Many of Burkina Faso’s professionals and political figures ... adding that the project to establish a Russian Center for Science and Culture, where Russian will be taught, is at its final ...

Culture, Arts and Tourism Rimtalba, Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo NAIROBI, January 26. /TASS/. Russia donated 25,000 tons of grain to Burkina Faso as part of a humanitarian supply, the ceremony took ...

UN Human Rights Office should follow up on transnational repression around the world, as well as abuses in China and Burkina Faso Get updates on human rights issues from around the globe.

The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso – who have formed their own Alliance of Sahel States – from West African bloc Ecowas is set to take effect on 29 January, with security experts ...

Burkina Faso, which means “land of honest men,” is a small, very poor, landlocked country in Western Africa, home to over 20 million people. A former French colony, it gained independence as Upper ...

In a huge blow to Ecowas, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are leaving to forge ahead with their own group. Burkina Faso's Capt Ibrahim Traore had a holstered pistol in what some saw a security breach.