Security forces in Ghana reportedly arrested and detained 17 heavily armed Burkinabè soldiers at Wuru, a community in the ...

The Sahel region, already plagued by political instability, widespread violence, food shortages and disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis, is now contending with an increase in the ...

Seventeen Burkinabè soldiers arrested in Ghana's Upper West Region near the Wuru community, raising concerns over armed ...

“HRW alleges that the Burkinabe army deliberately massacred 223 civilians including more than fifty children in the villages of Nodin and Soro on February 24... The government of Burkina Faso firmly ...

On a muggy evening in mid-August, a convoy of gold miners and gendarmes in 4x4s and pickup trucks drove on an unpaved road from a Canadian-owned gold mine in Boungou, eastern Burkina Faso. Just a few ...

Burkina Faso’s dynamic music scene is a testament to the country’s openness to a wide range of cultural influences, both from within Africa and beyond. This has resulted in a vibrant mix of musical ...

A Burkinabe teenager who used artificial intelligence to post fake news of a French coup on Facebook got more than he bargained for. As well as millions of views and tens of thousands of "likes", he ...

Alain Christophe Traoré's family have demanded Ivory Coast officials carry out a judicial investigation into the Burkinabe activist and social media influencer's death during his detention. This ...

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso – A military court in Burkina Faso’s capital has indicted former President Blaise Compaore in connection to the 1987 murder of his charismatic predecessor, Thomas Sankara. A ...