Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led ...

At least a thousand people gathered in a square in the centre Burkina Faso's capital on Sunday to protest against the army taking over after President Blaise Compaore's resignation. His 27 years ...

Cardinal Pietro Cardinal Parolin has praised authorities in Burkina Faso for their effort to regain control of the country, ...

"What is evident is that Benin is now at war--a war waged by French imperialism through proxy jihadist forces," argues Damien Zinsou Degbe of Benin's Council of Patriotic Youth, which has organized ...

Three Ghanaians have told the BBC of their involvement in the fighting between Islamist insurgents and the military in neighbouring Burkina Faso, describing scenes of sometimes indiscriminate ...

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 ...

A commission in junta-led Niger has recommended a five-year transition timeframe back to civilian rule. Back in 2023 when the military seized power, the junta suggested three years for the transition, ...

Junta-led countries Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso officially left West Africa's main political and trade group Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday after more than a ...

"It was the revelation of this collusion that outraged the patriots in the armies" of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso. Siding with the anti-colonial protest movement demanding the expulsion of French ...