Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led ...

Three Ghanaians have told the BBC of their involvement in the fighting between Islamist insurgents and the military in neighbouring Burkina Faso, describing scenes of sometimes indiscriminate ...

The bodies of more than 200 people have been found after an attack by an al Qaeda-linked armed group in Burkina Faso.

Burkina Faso, which means “land of honest men,” is a small, very poor, landlocked country in Western Africa, home to over 20 million people. A former French colony, it gained independence as Upper ...

Despite an improvement in 2024, India again dominated global rankings for the cities with the most dangerous particle smog ...

France began withdrawing soldiers from Chad on Friday, Chad’s defence ministry said, after N’Djamena last month ... of French troops from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger in the wake of a series ...

N'DJAMENA, Chad--At the small hospital where ... Those last in line on the continent along with Chad are Burkina Faso, Burundi, Eritrea and Tanzania. “Delays and shortages of vaccine supplies ...

Burkina Faso has a score of 41 this year, with a change of 0 since last year, meaning it ranks 82 out of 180 countries. Find out about key corruption issues in Burkina Faso in CPI 2024 for Sub-Saharan ...