Burkina Faso’s interim military president, Captain Ibrahim Traore, on Thursday explained why he inaugurated the country’s ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Burkina Faso junta leader Ibrahim Traore participates in a ceremony ...

Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta issued a decree Friday dismissing Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela and announcing the dissolution of the national government. The ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — More than a dozen mutinous soldiers declared Monday on state television that a military junta had seized control of Burkina Faso after detaining the democratically ...

Militias allied with Burkina Faso's military junta have been linked to a "gruesome" massacre western Burkina Faso that left dozens dead this week, Human Rights Watch said late on Friday.

In September, four military officers were detained in Burkina Faso on suspicion of organizing and taking part in an attempted coup. Also in September 2022, a group of military officers led by ...

The Vatican’s Secretary of State Pietro Cardinal Parolin emphasised that military action must respect human rights during a visit to Burkina Faso, where the government has intensified its ...

The country's government also ordered the closure of its military mission in Paris PRETORIA, September 15. /TASS/. The authorities of Burkina Faso have demanded that the French military attache ...