Burkina Faso's military rulers ordered on Tuesday the dissolution of around 200 associations, the latest clampdown on civic ...

Burkina Faso's authorities secretly held and abused a prominent investigative journalist and dozens of others in a makeshift ...

The military authorities in Burkina Faso are tightening their grip on what people can see, hear, and know. On May 5, Burkina Faso’s media regulator ordered the suspension of French broadcaster ...

Located in Africa's Sahel region, Burkina Faso is currently grappling with one of the world’s fastest growing displacement crises. Notably, it holds the fourth position on the IRC's 2024 Watchlist, an ...

Democracy "kills" and the people of Burkina Faso must "forget" it, the country's military ruler has said in an interview ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Violence linked to Al Qaeda and Islamic State has made Burkina Faso a country with one of the world’s fastest-growing populations of internally displaced people, with the number ...

Burkina Faso is a poor, landlocked country that depends on adequate rainfall. Irregular patterns of rainfall, poor soil, and the lack of adequate communications and other infrastructure contribute to ...

More than a dozen soldiers seized control of Burkina Faso's state television late Friday, declaring that the country's coup leader-turned-president, Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba, had been ...

Bajekal was executive editor and international editor at TIME. Anti-government protesters gather in the Place de la Nation in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, Oct. 31, 2014. Bajekal was executive ...

Senegal are into their second consecutive AFCON final after beating Burkina Faso 3-1 at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium. Burkina Faso started the game on the front foot as Bertrand Traore fought hard to ...