Lawyer-turned-activist Morara Kebaso has expressed astonishment at the smooth flow of traffic in Burkina Faso, despite the complete absence of police officers on the roads. In a video shared on his X ...

Burkina Faso-based financial group, Vista Group Holding, has acquired a majority stake in Société Générale Burkina Faso (SGBF). •The move is part of Vista Group's pan-African expansion strategy and ...

Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo, Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, has inaugurated a mausoleum commemorating pan-Africanist ...

Ibrahim Traoré counts admirers from Nairobi to Jamaica and London. Russia is also courting him.

Burkina Faso to tax interest on new WAEMU bonds from Aug 1, 2025, excluding its own. • Ends unregulated tax exemption causing state revenue losses. Burkina Faso will begin taxing interest earned on ...

An al-Qaeda affiliate has claimed it killed 200 soldiers in an attack on a Burkina Faso army base this week, according to an NGO that tracks armed groups’ online activity. The base in the ...

Burkina Faso's army directed and participated in a massacre by pro-government militias of at least 130 civilians in March around the western town of Solenzo, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said. The ...

Burkina Faso’s President Ibrahim Traoré has survived numerous assassination attempts since taking power in 2022, amid a complex web of internal betrayal, terrorist threats, and foreign ...

Burkina Faso plans to take control of more foreign-owned industrial mines, its prime minister said, as the West African nation seeks a bigger share of revenue from its resources. Like neighbours ...

Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali have formed an alternative, the Alliance of Sahel States. The Conversation Africa asked researcher where the country was headed under Traoré’s leadership.

Residents of Tanwalbougou in eastern Burkina Faso are fleeing their homes following the occupation of their village by suspected terrorist groups, seeking refuge in the nearby city of Fada N ...