An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Jaroslaw Wieczorek, Mission Chief for Burkina Faso, held meetings in Ouagadougou during April 1–8 in the context of the third review of Burkina Faso's ...

President Ibrahim Traoré declared Burkina Faso is undergoing a "popular, progressive revolution" rather than following ...

A video circulated on social media on April 2, 2025, showing three outspoken journalists from Burkina Faso in military ...

Traoré said this during a flag-raising ceremony at the Koulouba Palace last week. He said, “If we have to say it ...

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger issued a joint statement on Sunday, recalling their ambassadors to Algeria in protest ...

President of Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, said the country is undergoing a “popular, progressive revolution” and not operating under a democratic system.He added that it is difficult to ...

Report shows that terrorism has worsened in more countries, with 45 reporting higher levels of terrorism, and only 34 showing ...

Burkina Faso saw fewer attacks in 2024, but they were far deadlier, killing more than 1,500 people. • Nearly half of the attacks were carried out by the jihadist group JNIM; ISIS was nearly absent. • ...

Burkina Faso authorities arrested a member of a civil society group critical of the country's military rulers, the organisation said Friday, the latest of numerous detentions targeting the junta's ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to inform the report on older persons in armed conflict and ...

Following his emergence in 2022 as the head of the military junta in Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traore and his government have ...