Burkina Faso's military junta has dissolved all the political parties in the country and scrapped the laws governing them, ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Burkina Faso’s military government said Wednesday its intelligence and security services had thwarted a coup attempt and were actively pursuing others believed involved in what ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso’s government unnecessarily exposed civilians to danger during a militant attack earlier this year, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Tuesday. In August, ...

Burkina Faso has suspended several international news organisations, some of them for an indefinite period, said a statement from communications regulator the CSC. Among those named in the weekend ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso says it has refused a proposal from the Trump administration to accept deportees from the United States. FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made ...

A jihadist attack on a top Burkina Faso hotel was carried out by six gunmen, three of whom are still on the run, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said Tuesday. "Six individuals opened fire on the ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso – Gunfire and explosions rocked Burkina Faso's capital early Friday in what the police said was a suspected attack by Islamic extremists. By midday the gunfire became ...

The Montreal-based company is now using helicopters to transport all expatriate employees between the Boungou mine and the capital Ouagadougou. A ground military force has also been deployed on the ...

Burkina Faso has fired coach Brama Traoré and his assistants after the team’s disappointing Africa Cup of Nations.

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Their loved ones were slaughtered by Islamic extremists or government-affiliated fighters. Their villages were attacked, their homes destroyed. Exhausted and ...

Woodman was a geologist with more than 30 years' experience including over 20 in gold exploration in West Africa. "Kirk was a genuinely great guy," a source with the company told Mining Journal. It is ...