The killing of two aid workers in February 2023 led to the suspension of some humanitarian operations in the country and underscores the growing threat to humanitarians in Burkina Faso. Since 2019, ...

Some of these critics had recently denounced a massacre by government-allied militias of civilians around Solenzo, in western Burkina Faso, on March 11. In a March 15 interview Ahmed Barry ...

US philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has commended the Sahel nations of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger for ...

some ex-army officers, hatched the plan in Ivory Coast, the authorities say. An anaesthetist tells the BBC he was taken from his hospital for training to combat jihadists. Burkina Faso has a new ...

Burkina Faso's Capt Ibrahim Traore had a holstered pistol in what some saw a security breach. Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger will leave the Ecowas group in January but have six months to return.

Some accused the bloc of siding with France, Burkina Faso’s former colonizer, and doing little to help the country tackle a rampant Islamist insurgency that has killed hundreds, displaced ...

The military junta in Burkina Faso, a West African nation struggling ... desirable in a country where regular income is rare. Some said they were also eager to contribute to the war effort.

Burkina Faso currently has 17 industrial gold mines that produce about 70 tons of gold annually. Last year, Traore said he was planning to “withdraw mining permits from some foreign companies ...

In some battles, I've seen 40, 50 or 100 dead people," one of the men told the BBC. The three, all in their late thirties or early forties, said they had fought in Burkina Faso multiple times ...