Insecurity is their top priority for government action.Key findings More than one-third (36%) of young Burkinabè (aged 18-35) have secondary or post-secondary education, compared to 4%-17% among older ...

After two decades, and many failed counterterrorism efforts, the Trump administration is considering shuttering U.S. Africa ...

With up to 6,000 fighters, JNIM is now the most well-armed militant force in the Sahel — and among the most powerful in the world, officials and experts say.

A charismatic 37-year-old, Burkina Faso's military ruler Capt Ibrahim Traoré has skilfully built the persona of a pan-Africanist leader determined to free his nation from what he regards as the ...

With his counterinsurgency strategy only deepening Burkina Faso’s security crisis, Traore has turned to repressing anyone he ...

Australia-listed West African Resources, which owns and operates the Sanbrado, Kiaka and Toega projects in Burkina Faso, has ...

On May 27, 2025 security reports from Burkina Faso disclosed that a convoy of 47 long vehicles disguised as carrying humanitarian aid was intercepted at a border between Togo and Burkina Faso.Acting ...

The president of Burkina Faso Ibrahim Traoréin May 2025, became a Idol on social media. Scrolling through the reels of ...

A top US military official has warned about the escalating threat from African terror networks, particularly in the Sahel ...

Burkina Faso is poised to increase its industrial gold mining this year as a project by Mauritius’s Soleil Resources ...

An earlier report from the NGO stated that the Burkina Faso government’s involvement was likely because of video evidence on ...

In this Feb. 18, 2020 photo, Burkina Faso paratroopers are being trained at the U.S. military-led annual Flintlock counterterrorism exercise in West Africa. (AP Photo/Cheikh A.T Sy) United States ...