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

The son of one of Mali's top politicians says the country's ruling junta has arrested his father for criticizing the military ...

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 ...

More than 150 people, including many Christians, have been massacred by Islamic terrorists in Burkina Faso, local sources told the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN).

The last three years have been tough for Fanta Charlotte Dabone, a mother of three from the conflict-battered West African ...

Dozens of people have been shot dead at a mosque on the same day that a church was attacked, say the authorities in Burkina Faso. It was during early-morning prayers on Sunday that the gunmen ...

(Nairobi) – The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights should focus on the most critical issues facing Burkina Faso during its country review on October 23, 2024, Human Rights Watch ...

Burkina Faso's foreign minister praised cooperation with Russia on Saturday, November 9, as "suiting" his country better than its historic ties with France. Following a 2022 military coup ...

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 ...