Following a 2022 military coup, Burkina Faso's new leadership broke with Paris and has embraced Russia, which has sent army instructors to help Ouagadougou's fight against an Islamist insurgency.

RABAT/PARIS - Four French nationals held in Burkina Faso for a year have been released following mediation from Morocco, France and Morocco said on Thursday, resolving a diplomatic row over their ...

Following a 2022 military coup, Burkina Faso's new leadership broke with Paris and has embraced Russia, which has sent army instructors to help Ouagadougou's fight against an Islamist insurgency.

Tension in the Sahel, especially in crisis-ridden Burkina Faso and Mali, shows no sign of abating, reaching critical levels .

A top official at the foreign ministry said the decision has been made ``in the context of the latest developments in Burkina Faso'' in order to conduct ``consultations on the state and ...

Greenpeace France said Paris was "playing a double game" in supporting Ukraine while allowing French companies to continue ...

Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré is remaking his nation ... radical anti-imperialist and has drawn fire from Washington and Paris. MintPress News explores the project underway in Ouagadougou ...

The military rulers of Burkina Faso have turned to a man once known as “Africa’s Che Guevara” as a way to rally a country ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré, 34 years old, became the provisional head of Burkina Faso’s government after a military coup in ...

Burkina Faso’s human rights situation deteriorated ... have cut relations with France—requesting in February that Paris withdraw its special forces from the country, marking the end of more ...

Australia-listed West African Resources, which owns and operates the Sanbrado, Kiaka and Toega projects in Burkina Faso, has ...

Kehinde Sanni spends his days smoothing out dents and repainting scratched bumpers in a modest autobody shop in Lagos. He has never left Nigeria, yet he speaks glowingly of Ibrahim Traore, the ...