Tag: Burkina Faso

Authorities in Burkina Faso have launched a campaign to collect documents that bear witness to the life and times of ...

Burkina Faso, landlocked country in western Africa. A former French colony, it gained independence as Upper Volta in 1960. Burkina ...

The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday announced the formal exit of junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso and ...

Foreign minister from the Alliance of Sahel States met on Sunday to discuss formalities associated with their exit from the ...

The Dogon are a branch of the Niger-Congo language group, a tribe of anything between 400,000 and 800,000. They live ...

Burkina Faso is taking steps to confront its turbulent past. The country's transitional parliament has passed a law granting amnesty ...

Ivory Coast has announced the withdrawal of French troops, marking the end of a decades-long military presence in the country. ...

A High Court in Ouagadougou on Tuesday, December 24, sentenced four officials for embezzling over 3 billion CFA francs from ...

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) comprised of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have rejected the timeline issues by the ...

Burkina Faso’s government has adopted a new bill which will grant amnesty to people convicted in connection with the failed ...