Marked by armed conflicts and a Jihadist insurrection since 2015, Burkina Faso remains prey to great political and security instability. The Burkina Faso government seems to be trying out a new ...

Located in Africa's Sahel region, Burkina Faso is currently grappling with one of the world’s fastest growing displacement crises. Notably, it holds the fourth position on the IRC's 2024 Watchlist, an ...

This Tuesday, Burkina Faso hosts Egypt for a crucial Group A clash in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. The Stallions, sitting second in the group, must win to reignite their campaign. With 4 wins, 2 ...

In a series of massacres over the past two weeks, more than 170 people were killed in Burkina Faso, a former French colony plunged into bloodshed by France’s 2013-2022 war in neighboring Mali. Victims ...

Up to 600 people were shot dead in a matter of hours by al Qaeda-linked militants in an August attack on a town in Burkina Faso, according to a French government security assessment that nearly ...

In Burkina Faso, on May 25, 2024, a national conference took place to establish the country’s new political agenda. This conference concluded with a five-year extension to its military transition, ...

Witnesses and human rights groups claim the West African country’s military killed more than 220 people, including women and children, in February. It was neither a mistake nor a one-off, they say. By ...

Burkina Faso’s President Ibrahim Traoré has survived numerous assassination attempts since taking power in 2022, amid a complex web of internal betrayal, terrorist threats, and foreign interference.

The military government of Burkina Faso has demanded the departure of French troops from the country, according to the government press agency Agence d’Information du Burkina (AIB). France has exactly ...

On Friday, Burkina Faso’s army ousted junta leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration (MPSR). The second military coup in this former French colony in ...

In an interview with the weekly Le Point, published on 23 August, French President Emmanuel Macron, when asked about the supposed anti-French sentiment in the Sahel region, tried his hand at euchronia ...

6.3 million people in need of humanitarian assistance 2.1 million people are internally displaced 46 locations under siege of nonstate armed groups 40% of people live below the poverty line Support ...