Tag: Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso's military leaders have signed a deal with Russia to build a nuclear power plant to increase electricity supplies. ...

Burkina Faso’s interim leader has replaced the head of the country’s paramilitary police, more than a week after the ruling ...

Sub-Saharan Africa's economic growth is expected to slow this year, dragged down by slumps in heavyweights South Africa, Nigeria and ...

A pro-military rally is underway in Burkina Faso to mark the first anniversary of the coup that brought Capt Ibrahim ...

Mamadou Safaiou Barry was determined to study Islamic theology at an elite school. Unable to afford a flight to Egpyt ...

Burkina Faso's military junta said on Wednesday that a coup attempt had been thwarted the previous day by security and ...

Burkina Faso's military junta on Monday suspended the French news magazine Jeune Afrique for publishing "untruthful" articles that reported tension ...

France's decision to pull 1,500 troops from Niger leaves a gaping hole in Western efforts to counter a decade-long Islamist ...

The armies of Burkina Faso and Niger have killed an unknown number of militants in joint operations, local media has ...

Burkina Faso’s Transitional Legislative Assembly (ALT) has unanimously voted to send troops to neighbouring Niger, where the military seized power ...