Burkina Faso has moved to high alert as the fallout from Mali’s escalating conflict spreads across the Sahel. President Ibrahim Traoré has ordered heightened security in the capital, with elite units ...

Burkina Faso’s military government under Ibrahim Traore is tightening state control over the country’s multi-billion-dollar ...

No evidence Burkina Faso's Ibrahim Traoré accused Kenyan and French presidents of plotting to assassinate himIN SHORT: A graphic that appears to quote Burkina Faso military leader Ibrahim Traoré as ...

(Bloomberg) -- Russia bolstered its influence in the troubled Sahel region of West Africa with about 100 military personnel ...

FILE - In this photo provided by RIA Novosti, Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traore arrives at the Grand Palace at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on May 10, 2025.

DAKAR - As a heavily armed convoy drove through a cheering crowd in Burkina Faso's capital on Sunday morning, the boyish face ...

Supporters of Burkina Faso's junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré have unleashed a tidal wave of hate against a Sky News journalist after she published a news report critical of his policies. Traoré, ...

Traore led the coup that ousted military leader Paul-Henri Damiba, who had seized power in a previous coup in January and ...

Demonstrators chant support for Moscow, demand France exit the West African country and warn regional bloc ECOWAS against ...

The attacks have exposed security vulnerabilities in the country, which once was a beacon of democracy in the region but has been reeling from political and security crises since 2012. Here’s a ...