Since withdrawing from ECOWAS, the post-coup countries have inaugurated a new bank, TV station and joint military force.

Burkina Faso’s transitional parliament has passed a law that criminalizes homosexuality. This move has sparked significant debate both domestically and internationally. Burkina Faso, formerly ...

Burkina Faso's military leader Ibrahim Traoré attends John Dramani Mahama's swearing-in ceremony for his second term as Ghana's president, in Accra, Ghana, on January 7, 2025. Francis ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso says it has refused a proposal from the Trump administration to accept deportees from the United States. The West African country was asked whether it would ...

It was a somewhat surprising meeting. On Monday, the Taliban government received a delegation at its embassy in Tehran led by Burkina Faso’s ambassador to Iran, Mohammad Kaboré.

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have not been members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) since early January, but their political withdrawal has not resulted in a full break with ...

Four political activists in Burkina Faso, belonging to a political movement denouncing civilian massacres blamed on the army and allied militias, have been kidnapped, their group said on ...

The Sahel is the region most affected by terrorism, accounting for over half of all deaths from terrorism in 2024, and 19% of attacks globally, according to the Global Terrorism Index 2025 which ...

MOSCOW, May 10. /TASS/. Russia and Burkina Faso have the common goal of combating terrorism, and Russia will help the African republic to fight terrorists on its territory, Russian President ...