Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Burkina Faso has long been known for its artistic and cultural festivals, whose themes range from film to ...

Last week a government source told the media that Burkina Faso’s military junta plans to reinstate the death penalty, which was abolished in the 2018 penal code. The last known executions in ...

For the second year in a row, Burkina Faso is the world’s most neglected displacement crisis, according to NRC.

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 ...

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).

Home of honest people - that's how the name of this African country translates. Burkina Faso is located in West Africa and borders six neighbors at once, landlocked. Despite its exotic name, the ...

(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 ...

22, 2022. (AP Photo, File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s ruling junta arrested one of the country’s top politicians Wednesday for ...

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has reached a significant milestone in its humanitarian response in Burkina Faso, according to a report released on Tuesday. The agency has provided ...

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 ...

A satellite image shows a newly built trench near Barsalogho, Burkina Faso, where hundreds of people were killed by suspected jihadists Aug. 24, 2024. In an early October massacre in northeastern ...

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 ...