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

Burkina Faso’s Justice Ministry announced that approximately 1,200 people convicted in connection with the coup attempt would ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Burkina Faso's ruling military junta arrested three prominent journalists, escalating its crackdown on media ...

Three Burkinabe journalists arrested over criticism of the junta have appeared in a video, saying they are at the front line ...

Russia has agreed to supply arms and military training to a newly established joint force formed by Mali, Niger, and Burkina ...

Twenty-one soldiers, convicted for their role in the failed coup d'état in Burkina Faso in September 2015, have received a ...

The head of the junta in Burkina Faso has pardoned 21 soldiers convicted of involvement in a failed coup in 2015, according to an official decree seen by AFP on Monday. The troubled west African ...

Burkina Faso’s press freedom faces a growing crackdown, with the abduction of two journalists just days after they publicly ...

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

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) comprising junta-led Mali, Niger Republic, and Burkina Faso have imposed a 0.5 ...

Niger’s junta leader, Abdourahamane Tchiani, has been sworn in as the country’s president for a transition period of five ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Burkina Faso's ruling military junta arrested three prominent journalists, escalating its crackdown on media freedom in the West African country, according to a Human Rights ...