I rose through the ranks!” joked Maixent Somé, an exiled Burkinabè activist and critic of the country's military junta on X ...

Burkina Faso’s Justice Ministry announced that approximately 1,200 people convicted in connection with the coup attempt would ...

"Several dozen" soldiers and civilian auxiliaries have been killed in a suspected jihadist attack in eastern Burkina Faso, ...

Failure by nation-states to implement policies that include and empower vulnerable young people lies at the heart of why ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta arrested three prominent journalists, escalating its crackdown on media freedom in the West African country, according to a Human Rights ...

Forty-four people have been killed in a terrorist attack by the "Islamic State" militant group on a mosque in Niger. The ...

An attack by a jihadi group on a village in western Niger has killed 44 civilians, the country's Interior Ministry said.

On Tuesday, the well-known political activist and journalist Idrissa Barry was arrested by men claiming to be gendarmes in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, sparking fears he has been forcibly ...

On Tuesday, the well-known political activist and journalist Idrissa Barry was arrested by men claiming to be gendarmes in ...

OugadougoucTypeface:> Burkina Faso’s military government has said videos circulating ... said over the weekend it had analysed the video footage and found government-led militia were involved in the ...

Burkina Faso's military rulers on Saturday dismissed ... insisted that jihadists had attacked positions of a local civilian militia, and that some hundred "terrorists" were killed in the ensuing ...

In western Burkina Faso, a massacre allegedly carried out by militias aligned ... Videos circulating on social media depict armed men in militia uniforms and scenes of numerous casualties, including ...