Burkina Faso has moved to high alert as the fallout from Mali’s escalating conflict spreads across the Sahel. President Ibrahim Traoré has ordered heightened security in the capital, with elite units ...

Burkina Faso's military leader Ibrahim Traore seized power in a coup in 2022 Burkina Faso's military leader, who seized power in a coup in September 2022, told journalists that "people need to forget ...

No evidence Burkina Faso's Ibrahim Traoré accused Kenyan and French presidents of plotting to assassinate himIN SHORT: A graphic that appears to quote Burkina Faso military leader Ibrahim Traoré as ...

DAKAR - As a heavily armed convoy drove through a cheering crowd in Burkina Faso's capital on Sunday morning, the boyish face ...

(Bloomberg) -- Russia bolstered its influence in the troubled Sahel region of West Africa with about 100 military personnel ...

Burkina Faso's military government under Captain Ibrahim Traoré has suspended the country's largest student union, deepening ...

Supporters of Burkina Faso's junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré have unleashed a tidal wave of hate against a Sky News journalist after she published a news report critical of his policies. Traoré, ...

In a decisive move to consolidate power, Burkina Faso’s military government, led by Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has intensified its campaign against external influence. On May 5, the High Council for ...

Demonstrators chant support for Moscow, demand France exit the West African country and warn regional bloc ECOWAS against ...

Traore led the coup that ousted military leader Paul-Henri Damiba, who had seized power in a previous coup in January and ...

Democracy "kills" and the people of Burkina Faso must "forget" it, the country's military ruler has said in an interview aired on state television. Capt Ibrahim Traoré, who seized power in a coup ...