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 ...

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. • ...

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 ...

Burkina Faso’s National Hydrocarbons Company (SONABHY) to enhance its fuel security by tapping into the extensive petroleum supply chain ...

JOURNALISTS are under siege in Burkina Faso, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. In Burkina Faso, the whereabouts of three journalists are unknown. Two journalists are missing and in Zimbabwe, a prominent ...

Burkina Faso’s military junta arrested three journalists on March 24, 2025 for reporting on the government crackdown on the ...

BOST deepens ties with SONABHY to enhance cross-border petroleum trade and strengthen sub-regional energy security. The ...

NIAMEY, Niger — Niger’s junta leader, Abdourahamane Tchiani, was sworn in Wednesday as the country’s president for a ...

He was speaking at a ceremony in the capital, Niamey, where the new transition charter ... including Mali, Guinea and Burkina ...

Burkina Faso's military rulers said Tuesday that they had dissolved a journalists' association after it reported that two of its leaders who criticized the junta were taken away by police.