I rose through the ranks!” joked Maixent Somé, an exiled Burkinabè activist and critic of the country's military junta on X ...
DAKAR, Senegal — Burkina Faso's ruling military junta arrested three prominent journalists, escalating its crackdown on media ...
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 ...
Human Rights Watch says video footage circulating on social networks of a recent civilian massacre in Burkina Faso appears to implicate government-allied militia.
Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led against Lieutenant Colonel Paul Henri Damiba in September 2022.
In a huge blow to Ecowas, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are leaving to forge ahead with their own group. Burkina Faso's Capt Ibrahim Traore had a holstered pistol in what some saw a security breach.