Tag: Burkina Faso

The Africa-Russia Summit, held in St. Petersburg on July 27 and 28, has been a crucial event in enhancing diplomatic ties between the the continent and Russia. The summit saw ...

Burkina Faso ruling junta ordered the suspension after France 24 broadcasted an interview it had conducted with the leader of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in early March, ...

Burkina faso is currently enduring some of its toughest times yet —its deep rooted political woes only bested by its insecurity problems with the jihadist insurgency in its northern regions.Yet ...

The body of Burkina Faso's revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara was buried Thursday alongside 12 of his comrades at the spot where they were assassinated in a coup three decades ago. ...

Medecins Sans Frontieres also known as Doctors Without Borders have suspended its operations in an area of northwest Burkina Faso where armed assailants killed two of its employees on Wednesday, ...

Officials in Paris have announced that France is recalling its ambassador from Burkina Faso, a day after agreeing to demands from the ruling military junta to pull out troops. Burkina said it ...

Burkina Faso this week demanded the departure of French troops from its soil w ithin a month, in a context of growing tensions between the two countries for several months and ...

Growing up in a small village in central eastern Burkina Faso, Saturnin Zigani has a keen understanding of the challenges the African nation faces as it strives for food security. ...

OUAGADOUGOU - Burkina Faso's army announced on Monday it had ousted President Roch Marc Christian Kabore, dissolved the government and the national assembly, and closed the borders, according to media ...

OUAGADOUGOU - Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kabore has been detained overnight by mutinous soldiers, local media reported Monday. READ MORE: Breaking: Heavy Gunfire Rocks Burkina Faso Barracks As ...