Burkina Faso’s Transitional Legislative Assembly on Tuesday approved the dissolution of the country’s Independent National ...

A massacre led by Blaise Compaoré, an ally of France, put an end to the 1983 revolution, which today inspires struggles in ...

Burkina Faso authorities should urgently investigate and publicly report on the whereabouts of six judges and prosecutors as ...

Burkina Faso's military government has refused to take in deportees from the US, as Washington suspended issuing visas in the ...

Forced out of their homes by armed groups, displaced families in Burkina Faso rely on humanitarian aid to meet their children's basic needs. Now global budget cuts threaten to undo their fragile ...

Islamist militants still severely impact large swathes of Burkina Faso and Mali, imposing roadblocks, launching attacks and ...

Burkina Faso’s Transitional Legislative Assembly passed a law on September 1, 2025, that makes consensual same-sex relations a criminal offense, a major setback for the rights of lesbian, gay, ...

Since 2020, when suspected jihadists attacked the Kafolo military camp in northeastern Ivory Coast, the army has maintained a ...

Burkina Faso’s transitional parliament passed legislation outlawing conduct deemed to promote LGBTQ practices, introducing fines, prison sentences and sanctions for persons convicted, its justice ...

A new Afrobarometer survey has revealed a deepening crisis of faith in South Africa’s democracy, with nearly half of citizens ...

Did Burkina Faso reverse its September 2025 ban on LGBTQ+ conduct, as of? No, that's not true: There were no national or ...