Last week a government source told the media that Burkina Faso’s military junta plans to reinstate the death penalty, which ...

This marks a shift from the 2018 abolition of capital punishment. According to the nation’s Justice Minister, Rodrigue Bayala ...

OUGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — The last three years have been tough for Fanta Charlotte Dabone, a mother of three from the ...

Burkina Faso's armed forces say they are investigating a gruesome video that purports to show military volunteers hacking apart a dead body with machetes, while gloating to the camera. Work is ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Martin Schindler, Mission Chief for Burkina Faso, held meetings in Ouagadougou during September 30–October 9 and in Washington during the 2024 ...

The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the forced conscription of journalists Serge Atiana Oulon, Adama Bayala, and Kalifara Séré, who went missing in June, and calls for them to be ...

Traore respects public funds. No Land Cruiser V8s in his government. He bought two cheap Toyota SUVs for heads of state to use when they visit ...

Burkina Faso's military regime wants to reinstate the death penalty after the West African country abolished it in 2018, a government source told AFP on Saturday. The latest execution in Burkina ...

Burkina Faso's military regime wants to reinstate the death penalty after the West African country abolished it in 2018, a government source told AFP on Saturday. The latest execution in Burkina ...

Africa 's Nontobeko Mlambo attended the 20th African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC) - the largest gathering of African investigative journalists on the continent - at Witwatersrand ...

Burkina Faso has long been known for its artistic and cultural festivals, whose themes range from film to dance to theater ...

The latest execution in Burkina Faso was in 1988, according to rights group Amnesty International. It concerned four leaders accused of an attempted coup d’état to depose president Blaise ...