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 ...
Burkina Faso’s acting president Captain Ibrahim Traoré, who seized power following a 2022 coup, signed a new amended Transition Charter Saturday that extends the transition period to five years. The ...
(Nairobi) – The Burkina Faso military summarily executed at least 223 civilians, including at least 56 children, in two villages on February 25, 2024, Human Rights Watch said today. These mass ...
In Burkina Faso, on May 25, 2024, a national conference took place to establish the country’s new political agenda. This conference concluded with a five-year extension to its military transition, ...
(Nairobi) – Burkina Faso authorities should urgently investigate and publicly report on the whereabouts of a journalist and two prominent critics of the country’s military junta, Human Rights Watch ...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday condemned Burkina Faso military authorities’ use of emergency law to unlawfully conscript magistrates who have opened legal proceedings against junta supporters.
ZURICH, Aug 28 (Reuters) - A Swiss citizen working on a U.S.-funded aid project has been arrested in Burkina Faso, the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs in Switzerland and a foreign official said ...
This Selected Issues paper highlights trends, impacts, and policy implications in Burkina Faso. Regional insecurity has also created increased cross-border displacement, both into and out of Burkina ...
Sources: Burkinabé authorities; IMF staff estimates and projections. 1/ Percent of beginning-of-period broad money. 2/ Includes large, one-off VAT reimbursement in 2021. 3/ Includes the fonds de ...
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 ...
The much-awaited 2024 TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) officially kicks off this Saturday, August 2, with a thrilling opening match between hosts Tanzania and Burkina Faso. The ...
Burkina Faso did not pay off all its external debt in March 2025, contrary to a claim shared on social media. Facebook posts on March 29 and 30, some shared hundreds of times, said Burkina Faso’s ...