At least 30 people were killed by gunmen in eastern Burkina Faso as rebels burned down villagers’ homes and shot them as they tried to escape. The attack occurred in Kodyel village in the Komandjari ...

Burkina Faso’s military government under Ibrahim Traore is tightening state control over the country’s multi-billion-dollar ...

Reporters Without Borders says Burkina Faso's authorities secretly detained and abused a prominent journalist and dozens of others in a makeshift facility. The group claims Atiana Serge Oulon, ...

Burkina Faso is rapidly tightening its grip on one of Africa’s most valuable industries as the military-led government pushes ...

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 ...

In a statement, the country’s Ministry of Health said epidemiological surveillance has been reinforced, particularly at ...

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 ...

Over 100 people, mostly soldiers, were killed in coordinated attacks by Al-Qaeda-linked militants in northern Burkina Faso. The strategic town of Djibo was targeted in a major escalation of regional ...

Traore led the coup that ousted military leader Paul-Henri Damiba, who had seized power in a previous coup in January and ...

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Terror attacks on gold mining operations in Burkina Faso are becoming a regular occurrence. For VOA, reporter Henry Wilkins looks at the impact the attacks are having ...