Burkina Faso

The trial of 14 men including Burkina Faso's former president, accused in the assassination of left-wing leader Thomas Sankara 34 years ago, resumed at a military court in Ouagadougou. The slaying of Sankara, a Pan-Africanist icon, has…

Burkina Faso has lifted a ban on the Norwegian Refugee Council from working in camps for displaced people in the jihadist-hit north after accusing the body of discrediting the government. It was the first time an international NGO has…

Burkina Faso authorities have rescued 374 children between January and March from being trafficked to neighbouring countries to work in agriculture or small-scale mines, government figures released. “For some time now, this phenomenon…

Reigning African champions Algeria stretched its unbeaten run after picking up a point away from home in the qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup with a 1-1 draw against Burkina Faso. The Algerians came into the match with heaps…

Burkina Faso on Friday said that it would overhaul its security forces to cope with a six-year militant insurgency that has claimed more than 1,400 lives and forced 1.3 million people from their homes. The government will "review the…

Burkina Faso's President Roch Kabore has taken over the role of Defence Minister in a cabinet reshuffle aimed at stopping a wave of jihadist attacks that has plagued the West African country in recent years, according to a presidential…

Award-winning actress, Angelina Jolie, Special Envoy for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency visited a refugee camp in Burkina Faso for World Refugee Day, sheltering thousands of Malians who had fled jihadist violence in the region. …

Burkina Faso has received its first shipment of 115,200 doses of COVID-19  vaccines, under the global vaccine-sharing scheme COVAX to enable the poor West African state to launch a vaccination drive. Burkinabe Health Minister,…

Burkina Faso become the fifth team to join hosts Cameroon in January’s finals after a 0-0 draw with the Cranes of Uganda. The 2013 finalists finished third in 2017, but missed the last tournament in Egypt two years ago. Cameroon 2021…

The Golden Eaglets will later today take on high-scoring Burkina Faso for a place in the U17 AFCON in Morocco in July after what one relieved team official told SCORENigeria “we came back from the dead”. The five-time world champions…