F our decades ago a 34-year-old army captain from Burkina Faso stood before the UN General Assembly and demanded a new world order. The speech, which was watched eagerly by young ...

Burkina Faso junta pardons 21 soldiers jailed for 2015 failed coup; move aims to boost army's anti-terror fight amid ongoing ...

Ibrahim Traore is Burkina Faso’s president today, courtesy of two coups in under nine months – January and September 2022. He ...

Burkina Faso’s Justice Ministry announced that approximately 1,200 people convicted in connection with the coup attempt would ...

Twenty-one soldiers, convicted for their role in the failed coup d'état in Burkina Faso in September 2015, have received a ...

A leading Nigerian priest has praised President Ibrahim Traore of Burkina Faso for making a strong statement in favor of ...

The head of the junta in Burkina Faso has pardoned 21 soldiers convicted of involvement in a failed coup in 2015, according ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré, Burkina Faso's interim leader, has dismissed the notion that democracy is a prerequisite to ...

At least eight journalists and political activists have been allegedly "kidnapped' by state actors and their whereabouts ...

Twenty-one troops granted amnesty by Burkina Faso’s leader will reportedly rejoin the army to fight terrorism Read Full ...

Burkina Faso’s President, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has dismissed the idea that democracy is essential for national development ...

Burkina Faso extends amnesty to those involved in failed 2015 coup Two generals considered the masterminds of the failed coup, Compaoré's former chief of staff Gilbert Diendéré and head of ...