Earlier in July 2025, Burkina Faso authorities released five journalists and a human rights activist who had been unlawfully ...

Alain Christophe Traoré, known as Alino Faso, a supporter of Burkina Faso’s ruling junta, was arrested in early January in ...

A picture of Burkina Faso interim president Ibrahim Traore meeting Russian leader Vladimir Putin made rounds causing ...

The coup in Niger of 26 July, 2023 destabilised the Sahel region, and West Africa as a whole. Two years on, human rights ...

Junta-run Burkina Faso has decided to scrap its national election commission, arguing it is a costly body that is prone to ...

Burkina Faso’s military rulers disbanded the country’s electoral commission calling it a waste of money. The interior ...

Burkina Faso's junta has dissolved its independent electoral commission, claiming it will enhance sovereign control over ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Burkina Faso’s military rulers have dissolved the country’s independent electoral commission, authorities ...

If you believe the viral videos online, R. Kelly and Pope Leo XIV agree on one thing -- that Burkina Faso's junta chief, ...

Connecting the dots Coup governments across Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have shifted away from western alliances and towards Russia, deepening military and economic ties.

With his counterinsurgency strategy only deepening Burkina Faso's security crisis, Traore has turned to repressing anyone he views as a threat. The post With Security Unraveling, Burkina Faso's ...