Burkina Faso lifted its temporary suspension on shea nut exports after local processors secured sufficient supplies for the 2025-2026 season. Exporters must now sell at least 25% of export volumes to ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta appointed a new prime minister, a day after dissolving the government without providing any reason. Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo, ...

The Sahel is the region most affected by terrorism, accounting for over half of all deaths from terrorism in 2024, and 19% of attacks globally, according to the Global Terrorism Index 2025 which ...

Tanzania faces Burkina Faso this Saturday, August 2 at 17:00 GMT at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium, kicking off the 2024 African Nations Championship. Both head coaches have announced their starting ...

Dec 6 (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's ruling junta has dismissed interim Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela and dissolved the government, a decree issued by the office of military leader ...

OUGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — The last three years have been tough for Fanta Charlotte Dabone, a mother of three from the conflict-battered West African country of Burkina Faso. She fled her village ...

After several years of suspension, political parties in Burkina Faso have been formally dissolved by the military government, which has also seized all their assets in a move analysts say is a major ...

Burkina Faso released four French nationals, who were accused of spying and detained for over a year after Morocco intervened, the country’s state news agency said on Thursday. The West African nation ...

The leaders of Niger, Gen. Abdourahamane Tiani (C), Mali, Col. Assimi Goita (L), and Burkina Faso, Capt. Ibrahim Traore (R), show the documents of the Confederation of Sahel States, which they signed ...

Burkina Faso is expanding literacy programs in national languages as part of its employment strategy More than 41,000 candidates are taking the 2026 non-formal education certification exams ...

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