Burkina Faso has released 11 Nigerian military personnel detained after Nigerian Air Force C-130 aircraft made what the ...

The military-led governments of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have launched a regional investment bank with an initial capital ...

It began quietly mdash; a Nigerian aircraft making an unremarkable landing under circumstances that are still being contested ...

Says we're on top of the situationThe Federal Government said yesterday that discussions were still ongoing over the detention of a Nigerian Air Force C-130 aircraft and 11 soldiers, noting they were ...

Military juntas in three West African states warned they would shoot down any aircraft that violated their airspace, after a ...

With the introduction of biometric identity cards, the Sahel leaders seek to grow the profile of their new bloc and to deepen ...

The Board of Directors endorsed the financing on 10 December 2025, marking another major step in strengthening the country’s ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Just weeks after Burkina Faso's junta ousted hundreds of French troops, signs appeared that the West African country could be moving closer to Russia, including the ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina FasoOUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Africa’s largest film festival kicks off Saturday in Burkina Faso amid both the COVID-19 pandemic and a growing jihadi insurgency in the West ...

Like its neighbor Mali, Burkina Faso also witnessed two successive coups. In January 2022, Roch Kaboré was ousted by Lt. Col.

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Gunshots rang out Saturday in Burkina Faso's capital amid signs of lingering tensions a day after a group of military officers overthrew the man who had seized power in a ...

Burkina Faso’s army said it took control of the country on Monday, deposing President Roch Kabore, dissolving the government and parliament, suspending the constitution and shuttering its borders. The ...