Burkina Faso has suspended a swathe of international news organisations in recent days for airing accusations of an army massacre of civilians, a move sparking concern on Monday. Among those named ...

Last week a government source told the media that Burkina Faso’s military junta plans to reinstate the death penalty, which was abolished in the 2018 penal code. The last known executions in ...

BURKINA FASO’S President Roch Marc Christian Kabore urged his country’s people to unite in the fight against terrorism yesterday in the wake of an al-Qaida slaughter in the capital Ouagadougou. He ...

Burkina Faso's ruling junta has dismissed interim Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela and dissolved the ...

The 80th anniversary of the massacre comes as France’s influence is declining in the region, with Paris losing its sway in ...

Burkina Faso's ruling military junta has issued a decree sacking the prime minister and dissolving the government OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso -- Burkina Faso's ruling military junta has issued a ...

On Dec. 1, 1944, hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were likely killed by the French ...