Luc Pagbelguem, a journalist with the private television station BF1, and Boukari Ouoba, vice-president of the Burkina ...

France's posture and tone toward its military ties to West Africa have pivoted from unrelenting to resigned in the first seven months of 2025. This was underscored by a recent comment from a French ...

General Assimi Goïta, Mali's junta leader, has signed a controversial law granting himself a five-year presidential mandate -- renewable indefinitely and without election -- sparking widespread ...

Israel, in confronting these threats at their source, is not merely defending itself. It is shielding the broader world from the spread of jihadist ideology and theocracy. Its pre-emptive strikes, ...

As more and more countries face democratic challenges, Senegalese journalist Ousmane Ndiaye explores the myths surrounding democratic backslides in Africa and warns of the risks ahead in his ...

Across Africa’s turbulent post-independence era, the military often held the reins of political power. Coups became a ...

The dictator threatened the "traitors," showered praise on China and Russia, and reiterated that the United Nations must be ...

Residents in northern Burkina Faso say an attack by an armed group on a military base has left about 50 soldiers dead ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Burkina Faso’s military rulers have dissolved the country’s independent electoral commission, authorities ...

On paper, Burkina Faso's government covers the cost of medications and care for children under 5, but often no drugs are available in hospitals, meaning families must buy them elsewhere.

Burkina Faso’s progress, despite the circumstances of the Traoré regime’s ascent to power and his consolidation of authority, has not only served as a refreshing departure from the typically ...

Burkina Faso’s only eye doctor for children sees the trauma of both play and conflict BOBO-DIOULASSO, Burkina Faso (AP) — Isaka Diallo was playing with friends when a stone struck his left eye.