Burkina Faso

The Eagles of Mali beat the Stallions of Burkina Faso 2-1 on Tuesday night in the ongoing TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2023 in Cote d’Ivoire. An own goal in the 3rd minute from Edmond Tapsoba gave the Eagles the lead.…

Four French civil servants, intelligence agents according to a Burkinabè source, and computer maintenance technicians according to a French diplomatic source, were arrested in Ouagadougou at the beginning of December, in a context of very…

Burkina Faso's ruling military regime on Monday accused terrorist groups of carrying out massacres against civilians in the north of the country, urging people to "give no credence" to images of abuses committed by armed men portrayed as…

The president of the transition of Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré who came to power through a coup in 2022, has carried out a partial reshuffle of his government, notably concerning the head of diplomacy, according to a presidential…

An epidemic of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease, claimed 356 lives in Burkina Faso between mid-October and mid-November, bringing the death toll to 570 since 1st January, a health ministry official announced on Friday. From 1st…

The Minister of Defense and Veteran Affairs of Burkina Faso Kassoum Coulibaly was in Moscow. He met with the Defence minister of the Russian federation, and they agreed to strengthen ties. Burkina's military rulers have been looking…

The military leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger on Saturday signed a mutual defence pact, ministerial delegations from the three Sahel countries announced in Mali's capital Bamako. The Liptako-Gourma Charter establishes the Alliance…

Around 300 trucks of food and other materials crossed into Niger from Burkina Faso with many arriving in the capital, Niamey Sunday, according to a regional customs official. The convoy of trucks departed from Burkina Faso, the last open…

According to judicial reports, the former transport minister of Burkina Faso, Vincent Dabilgou, was found guilty of "embezzlement of public funds," "illicit enrichment," and "money laundering" and given an eleven-year prison sentence, seven…

Mali and Burkina Faso's ruling juntas have sent delegations to Niamey on Monday to show solidarity and unity with the leaders of the coup in Niger amid regional threats to intervene against them. The talks came after the passing of a…