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

Captain Ibrahim Traore has been appointed as president of Burkina Faso after Paul-Henri Damiba was removed in the West African country’s second coup in less than nine months.. The Sahel country ...

Ibrahim Traore has been sworn in as interim president of Burkina Faso, several weeks after Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was removed in a coup. At a ceremony on Friday, Traore pledged support for a ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's self-declared military leader Captain Ibrahim Traore has accepted a conditional resignation offered by President Paul-Henri Damiba to avoid further ...

Kabore had been leading Burkina Faso since being elected in 2015 after a popular uprising ousted longtime strongman President Blaise Compaore who was in power for nearly three decades.

Burkina Faso’s interim military president, Captain Ibrahim Traore, on Thursday explained why he inaugurated the country’s cement plant known as Société Industrielle Sino Burkina de Ciments ...

Burkina Faso’s army said it took control of the country on Monday, deposing President Roch Kabore, dissolving the government and parliament, suspending the constitution and shuttering its borders.

Former Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaore will return from exile for the first time since being ousted in a 2014 uprising, Burkinabe authorities said on Wednesday, despite his conviction ...

Survivors recount a village massacre carried out by Burkina Faso’s security forces Lifeless children intertwined together. A 2-month-old face-up on the ground. The scenes were horrifying, but ...

The 27-year rule of Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaore ends after days of often violent protests triggered by his efforts to gain another term in office.