The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

Burkina Faso’s military government publicly declared the termination of its military pact with France in January 2023, causing around 400 French special forces personnel to leave the country.

Burkina Faso is leaving the West African regional bloc ECOWAS to join counterterrorism forces with Niger and Mali. The junta ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Their loved ones were slaughtered ... or the Islamic State group — and by rival pro-government forces. A 27-year-old Fulani cattle trader from Djibo, a ...

UN Human Rights Office should follow up on transnational repression around the world, as well as abuses in China and Burkina Faso Get updates on human rights issues from around the globe.

TASS/. Burkina Faso wants to have more Russian military instructors and weapons to fight against terrorism, the country’s Prime Minister Joachim Kyelem said. "We stand for a new stage in our ...

Another attempted coup has been prevented in Burkina Faso, in which an assassination ... Pacific Fleet’s Primorye Flotilla of All-Arms Forces Rear Adm. Alexey Sysuyev said ...

with a record number of attacks and civilians killed both by Islamic militants and government forces. Ten soldiers were killed and seven others injured in an attack near Niger’s border with Burkina ...

The ruling junta has since joined forces with neighboring countries to form the Alliance of Sahel States. The alliance’s three countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — have each struggled ...

Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has disclosed that President John Dramani Mahama is working to ...

The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso – who have formed their own ... necessary consultation of all the nation’s active forces and without a referendum to ask the entire Malian ...