Democracy "kills" and the people of Burkina Faso must "forget" it, the country's military ruler has said in an interview aired on state television.

Burkina Faso is tightening its grip on its gold sector as the military-led government pushes ahead with reforms that have placed six of the country’s 15 industrial gold mines under majority Burkinabe ...

Amnesty International calls the latest Traore government crackdown a ‘flagrant attack’ on basic rights.

This marks a major turning point in the recent history of the country's mining sector, which has long been dominated by foreign capital in industrial gold mining.

Yousra Elbagir, a journalist with British TV channel Sky News, has become the target of a smear campaign by supporters of Burkina Faso's junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré after she raised ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s new junta leader Capt. Ibrahim Traore said the West African nation would still aim to hold elections by 2024 or even earlier, as regional mediators ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta issued a decree Friday dismissing Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela and announcing the dissolution of the ...

Burkina Faso’s military rulers intensified their crackdown on NGOs and civil society groups on Tuesday, announcing the ...

RSF says investigation found Atiana Serge Oulon held at Ouagadougou villa, contradicting authorities’ account.

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso's authorities secretly held and abused a prominent investigative journalist and dozens of others in a makeshift detention facility in the capital, an international ...