DAKAR, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's military-led government has dissolved all political parties and scrapped the legal ...

DAKAR, SenegalDAKAR, Senegal — The military leader of Burkina Faso will remain in office for another five years following the signing of a new charter after national consultations in the capital on ...

Political parties in Burkina Faso have already been banned from holding public events, but could still operate internally.

DAKAR, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Dubai-based industrial group Mark Cables has developed a 200 MW thermal power plant project in Burkina Faso, it said on Monday. The company, which operates primarily across ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso's ruling junta said it has arrested eight humanitarian workers on spying charges, accusing them of providing sensitive security information to foreign powers. The ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso’s military rulers have dissolved the country’s independent electoral commission, authorities said. Since taking power in a 2022 coup, the West African country's ...

DAKAR, SenegalDAKAR, Senegal — The military Junta ruling Burkina Faso have expelled three French diplomats for alleged subversive activities, according to a government document posted on social media ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Human Rights Watch says in a new report that Burkina Faso’s government unnecessarily exposed civilians to danger during a militant attack earlier this year. That’s according to a ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso’s Council of Ministers has adopted a bill to restore the death penalty, targeting offenses such as treason, terrorism and ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The military junta in Burkina Faso on Monday declared the United Nations resident coordinator Carol Flore-Smereczniak as “persona non grata” over an official U.N. report that ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A Nigerian Air Force plane made an emergency landing in Burkina Faso late Monday due to an in-flight emergency, according to a regional alliance that called it a violation of ...