Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led ...

Cardinal Pietro Cardinal Parolin has praised authorities in Burkina Faso for their effort to regain control of the country, ...

As many Africans sour on the West, a new generation of military officers are seizing power, vowing to build strong and ...

resulting in increased militant activity around the capital Ouagadougou. Years of fighting have left thousands dead and over two million people displaced. The government of Burkina Faso says 30 ...

Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, the leader of the military junta which seized control of Burkina Faso in a military coup d’etat earlier in the year, repeated a ...

Thousands of people also celebrated the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from ECOWAS Tuesday in large gatherings in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, and in several other towns ...

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.

He completed secondary school in Bobo Dioulasso, then moved to the nation’s capital ... demanded the French withdraw its security presence from Burkina Faso altogether. Since the French ...