As neighbors, Cote d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso have a long history of political and at times security entanglements. During Cote d'Ivoire's off-and-on civil war between 2002 and 2011, rebels who ...

Now the government in Burkina Faso tries to hide their existence Their villages were attacked, their homes destroyed. Exhausted and traumatized, they fled in search of safety, food and shelter.

Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta issued a decree ... approved by a national assembly that included army officers, civil society groups and traditional and religious leaders.

The junta-led West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday. The previously announced withdrawal ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Tuesday that the official withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) raises concerns over access to ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military juntas. Negotiations failed to change their minds. By Saikou Jammeh ...

As Al Qaeda’s official branch in North Africa, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), was undertaking the hotel siege in the capital city of the Western African country Burkina Faso ... is an editor ...

Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), Al Qaeda’s official branch in North Africa, has claimed responsibility for an attack today on a popular hotel in the West African country of Burkina Faso ... an ...

Burkina Faso, which means “land of honest men,” is a small, very poor, landlocked country in Western Africa, home to over 20 million people. A former French colony, it gained independence as Upper ...

The West African regional bloc ECOWAS has formally recognized the withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, after more than a year of diplomatic tensions. The latest development marks a ...