Burkina Faso’s military-led government has granted an industrial mining license to Russian company Nordgold for a new gold ...

Burkina Faso has granted an industrial mining licence to Russian miner Nordgold for a gold project, the military-led West African government said, aiming to capitalise on record-high gold prices to ...

Burkina Faso's military junta claimed Monday to have foiled a "major plot in the making" aimed at "sowing total chaos", saying it believed the masterminds were in neighbouring Côte d'Ivoire. Burkina ...

Fortuna Mining, a Canadian precious metals mining company, has signed a definitive share purchase agreement with Soleil Resources International (SRI) to divest its ownership in Roxgold Sanu, the ...

There were goals galore in Thursday’s quarter-final action at the 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations as Burkina Faso moved to the top of the scoring charts. Burkina Faso maintained their perfect start to ...

Fortuna Mining (NYSE: FSM, TSX: FVI) agreed to sell its Burkina Faso operations to Mauritius-based Soleil Resources International for about $130 million cash. The sale represents “a prudent exit ...

Burkina Faso delivered a commanding performance on Thursday evening, thrashing Zambia 6-1 in the quarter-finals of the TotalEnergies CAF U-17 Africa Cup of Nations to storm into the semi-finals for a ...

The Congress of African Journalists (CAJ) has demanded the immediate release of journalists allegedly detained and conscripted into the armed forces in Burkina Faso. Guezouma Sanogo, president of ...

The Congress of African Journalists (CAJ) has called for the immediate release of three journalists detained in Burkina Faso and forcibly conscripted into the armed forces. President of CAJ, ...

Ibrahim Traore is Burkina Faso’s president today, courtesy of two coups in under nine months – January and September 2022. He became the world’s youngest head of state in September, when he and other ...

Once the review is approved by IMF Management and completed by the IMF Executive Board, Burkina Faso will have access to about US$ 32 million (SDR 24.1 million) in financing. Economic growth is ...

President Ibrahim Traoré of Burkina Faso declared that the country is undergoing a "popular, progressive revolution" instead of functioning under a democratic system He criticised the notion that ...