The coup d’etat that unfolded Friday in Burkina Faso in many ways mirrored the one just eight months ago, when Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba ousted its democratically elected president ...

Burkina Faso's land and air borders were closed and a 7 p.m.-to-6 a.m. curfew was imposed. The coup - the country's sixth since it won independence from France in 1960 - unfolded overnight with ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — More than a dozen soldiers seized control of Burkina Faso’s state television late Friday, declaring that the country’s coup leader-turned-president, Lt. Col. Paul ...

The coup d’etat Friday in Burkina Faso in many ways mirrored the one just eight months ago, when Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba ousted its democratically elected president, Roch Marc ...

On Monday January 24th, mutineers in Burkina Faso overthrew the democratically elected president, Roch Kabore. This was the fourth military coup in the region in the past 17 months, including two ...

Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba, Burkina Faso's president, speaks during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, US, on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images ...

People rally in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, on Jan. 25 in support of a coup that ousted President Roch Marc Kaboré and suspended the constitution. (Anne Mimault/Reuters) ...

DAKAR, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's junta said it had uncovered an international plot to overthrow it and which included the massacre in August of hundreds of civilians by Islamist insurgents.

So, Burkina Faso, since at least 2015, is experiencing a complex and devastating crisis, which is both the security, because of the presence and the increasing presence of armed Islamists linked ...

Burkina Faso military officers responsible for the January 2022 coup should ensure the protection of human rights and a swift transition to democratic rule.

More than a dozen soldiers seized control of Burkina Faso's state television late Friday, declaring that the country's coup leader-turned-president, Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba, had been ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso – Burkina's military seized the airwaves and installed a general loyal to the ex-president Thursday as the new head of state, carrying out a coup weeks before national ...