The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) called on Burkina Faso authorities on Friday to immediately release three journalists detained last month. The call came after videos surfaced on social ...

Burkina Faso’s military junta arrested three journalists on March 24, 2025 for reporting on the government crackdown on the ...

The troubled west African country has been run since September ... in 2019 for "harming state security", murder or treason. Burkina Faso extends amnesty to those involved in failed 2015 coup ...

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

Video footage circulating on social networks of a recent civilian massacre in Burkina Faso appears to implicate government-allied militia, Human Rights Watch said, calling on authorities to ...

Algeria and Mali banned flights to and from each other's airspace, their governments said on Monday, amid an escalating diplomatic crisis. On April 1, Algeria's defence ministry said ...

adding that the authorities “should take immediate action to end militia group attacks on civilians by punishing those responsible for atrocities like in Solenzo.” The Burkina Faso government ...

Niger's military junta leader Abdourahamane Tiani was sworn in as the country's transitional president on Wednesday. A senior ...

“Burkinabè authorities should take immediate action to end militia group attacks on civilians by punishing those responsible for atrocities like in Solenzo.” The government of Burkina Faso ...

A Gabonese squadron halts to salute a French colonel at one of France's last military bases in Africa which is now "shared" with the host nation and focused on training.

The liberated captives have already been transported to the capital of Burkina Faso ... the country, Maghreb Arabe Press news agency reported. The release of captives came after the army launched ...