Burkina Faso's military junta leader Ibrahim Traore has sought deeper military ties with Russia since seizing power in a coup ...

On September 30, Burkina Faso military leader President Paul-Henri Damiba was deposed in the country’s second coup in a year, as army Captain Ibrahim Traore took charge, dissolving the ...

Muslimin, or JNIM, launched a series of large-scale, coordinated attacks in the north and east of Burkina Faso, highlighting ...

By nightfall, a military officer in camouflage was reading an announcement: For the sake of Burkina Faso’s national security, he said, officers had seized power. The coup d’etat that unfolded ...

Manchester United goalkeeper André Onana paid a surprise visit to Burkina Faso’s president, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, on ...

Burkina Faso's military government has pardoned 21 soldiers convicted in the 2015 failed coup against the transitional government The amnesty excludes top coup leaders but allows the pardoned ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Thousands of people rallied in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou on Wednesday in support of the military junta after an alleged coup attempt and comments by an American ...

Burkina Faso's new president came to power in a dramatic coup, winning hearts across Africa with fiery rhetoric and viral social media appeal.

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 allies ...

Mali's military junta has started building a gold refinery in partnership with a Russian conglomerate, the Yadran Group. The ...

The military coups in Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali have resulted in an avalanche of false information, especially about the Burkinabe leader Ibrahim Traore. Posts circulating on social media claim to ...