Captain Ibrahim Traoré announced on June 26 that Burkina Faso will break off bilateral relations with Paris. The 2,500 French ...

The West African country's junta accused the former colonial power of undermining its national interests.

ABUJA, Nigeria — As news emerged this week about hundreds of Burkina Faso citizens killed separately by both jihadi groups and government forces, images of Burkina Faso’s junta leader Capt. Ibrahim ...

Burkina Faso has recovered more than $16 million and shut down dozens of illegal gold trading operations as Ibrahim Traore’s government intensifies its campaign against gold fraud. Authorities say 93 ...

Anti-French sentiment runs high in some former African colonies as the continent becomes a renewed diplomatic battleground.

In Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré was sworn in as interim president, just weeks after he led a coup and overthrew the country’s president. It was the second military coup in Burkina Faso in just eight ...

DAKAR (Reuters) - As a heavily armed convoy drove through a cheering crowd in Burkina Faso's capital on Sunday morning, the boyish face of the country's latest military ruler, Captain Ibrahim Traore, ...

The ceremony was intended to be symbolic. However, it perfectly illustrates the desire of Burkina Faso’s transitional authorities to seek out new partnerships. On 12 June, Captain Ibrahim Traoré was ...

Traoré, who seized power after ousting interim President Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba in a coup d'état in September 2022, has been enjoying some positive reviews on social media recently. Admirers have ...

Stripped of her nationality by Abdourahamane Tiani, Nigerien activist Mariama Djibrine ‘Mayra’ has no intention of abandoning her fight. At the helm of the Alliance of Democrats of the Sahel (ADS), ...