Burkina Faso’s press freedom faces a growing crackdown, with the abduction of two journalists just days after they publicly ...

Burkina Faso's military rulers said Tuesday that they had dissolved a journalists' association after it reported that two of ...

On Tuesday, the well-known political activist and journalist Idrissa Barry was arrested by men claiming to be gendarmes in ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Burkina Faso junta leader Ibrahim Traore participates in a ceremony ...

Four political activists in Burkina Faso, belonging to a political movement denouncing civilian massacres blamed on the army ...

(Nairobi) – Pro-government militias in Burkina Faso are implicated in video footage circulating on social networks showing the massacre of dozens of civilians in and around the western city of ...

Au Burkina Faso, les militaires au pouvoir veulent « réquisitionner les jeunes » pour lutter contre le jihadisme. Une association de protection des droits humains dénonce un moyen de faire ...

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 ...

Militias allied with Burkina Faso's military junta have been linked to a "gruesome" massacre in a western city that left dozens dead this week, Human Rights Watch ...

In a statement issued on Tuesday, February 25, the Ministry cited official communications from Burkina Faso - joint communiqués No. 023-0017 dated December 19, 2023, and No. 024-0017 dated ...