But his spirit lives on in Burkina Faso’s latest military ruler, Ibrahim Traoré, an army captain who took power in a coup in ...

and in our culture, when the husband says something, women have to obey. Asking for money when it’s for groceries already leads to beatings. You can imagine when you want cash for contraception.' ...

A video circulated on social media on April 2, 2025, showing three outspoken journalists from Burkina Faso in military uniforms ...

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Ambassador Kabre congratulated the team on Mawuko Kuadzi’s achievement and reiterated Burkina Faso’s dedication to promoting ...

(Nairobi) – Pro-government militias in Burkina Faso are implicated in video footage circulating on social networks showing the massacre of dozens of civilians in and around the western city of ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso's ruling military junta arrested three prominent journalists, escalating its crackdown on media freedom in the West African country, according to a Human Rights ...

Burkina Faso extends amnesty to those involved in failed 2015 coup Two generals considered the masterminds of the failed coup, Compaoré's former chief of staff Gilbert Diendéré and head of ...

Militias allied with Burkina Faso's military junta have been linked to a "gruesome" massacre in a western city that left dozens dead this week, Human Rights Watch ...

Neighbouring Burkina Faso had already made the same decision, OIF spokesperson Oria K. Vande Weghe told French-language international channel, TV5 Monde the same day. On Tuesday, Malian ...