Over the past year, the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) ndash; comprising Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso ndash; has solidified ...

With his counterinsurgency strategy only deepening Burkina Faso's security crisis, Traore has turned to repressing anyone he views as a threat. The post With Security Unraveling, Burkina Faso's ...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — An attack by an armed group on a military base in northern Burkina Faso has left about 50 soldiers dead, according to accounts by a community leader and a resident on ...

(Nairobi) – Burkina Faso ’s military junta arrested three journalists on March 24, 2025, for reporting on the government crackdown on the media, Human Rights Watch said today.

The African Political Parties Summit, which opened in Accra, Ghana, today, is a platform for engagement, consensus, and ...

More than 3.2 million children across Burkina Faso are in need of assistance For families like Bandé's, pushed out of their homes and cut off from their livelihoods, humanitarian aid offers a ...

Across Africa, power shifts from coups to clauses, as legal loopholes quietly undermine ...

Alino Faso had moved to Abidjan with his family in 2021, opening a restaurant in the Ivorian capital, but remained closely involved in Burkinabé political activism and frequently travelled back to ...