This development comes amid growing efforts by the junta to distance itself from former colonial ruler France and assert national sovereignty. Since taking power in a September 2022 coup — the second ...

Water has long been a tool of warfare, but in recent years, the world has entered a dark new era of hydroterrorism. Around ...

GIS seizes 250 drums of suspected cyanide near Burkina Faso border, intensifies security to curb chemical smuggling ...

Atlantic staff writer Olga Khazan, a lifelong introvert, set out to change aspects of her personality she didn't like by ...

West African governments are scrambling to make the most of a new gold rush. But the boom is also exacerbating existing ...

LONDON, July 18. /TASS/. The UK has imposed sanctions on Russian news agency African Initiative and its executives, according to an updated blacklist published by the Foreign Office.

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional funding window of the African Development Bank ...

Jonathan Pitroipa believes his country has what it takes to be the dark horse at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, set to take ...

Burkina Faso has dissolved the national electoral commission (CENI), citing sovereignty concerns. The military government ...

Junta-run Burkina Faso has decided to scrap its national election commission, arguing it is a costly body that is prone to ...

A nationwide vote that was due the previous year was postponed, with the transition to democracy extended until July 2029, allowing Captain Ibrahim Traore to remain in power and run for the presidency ...