Burkina Faso is many things. The country is considered to be the epicenter of global terrorism today. It is ranked number one ...

Located in Africa's Sahel region, Burkina Faso is currently grappling with one of the world’s fastest growing displacement crises. Notably, it holds the fourth position on the IRC's 2024 Watchlist, an ...

The West African nation of Burkina Faso was once known for its lively arts scene. Now, it is a country torn apart by Islamist extremists and the government’s brutal effort to drive them out.

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger created their own security partnership, known as the Alliance of Sahel States, in 2023. Following a September 2022 coup, Capt. Ibrahim Traore was named the ...

Pro-government militias in Burkina Faso are implicated in video footage circulating on social networks showing the massacre of dozens of civilians in and around the western city of Solenzo on ...

The military rulers of Burkina Faso have turned to a man once known as “Africa’s Che Guevara” as a way to rally a country struggling to defeat extremists and turning away from former Western ...

Human Rights Watch has accused Burkina Faso's government of putting civilians at unnecessary risk after at least 133 people were killed and hundreds wounded in a jihadist attack on the Barsalogho ...