The Latest Breaking News from Burkina Faso

More than a year after a military coup, Gabonese citizens have held a referendum in which they approved a new draft constitution. The constitutional revisions targeted dynastic rule by introducing presidential term limits and banning family members of a sitting president from running for the office.

In the last few years, there has been a spate of military coups in Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Sudan and Guinea. Military rule, long dormant in African politics, is back.

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

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

Burkina Faso's military regime wants to reinstate the death penalty, which was abolished in the country in 2018, a government source told AFP news agency on Saturday.

Military regime considering move after capital punishment abolished in west African country in 2018

Human Rights Watch report exposes Burkina Faso government's negligence during militant attack, leading to tragic deaths and injuries.

Human Rights Watch says in a new report that Burkina Faso’s government unnecessarily exposed civilians to danger during a militant attack earlier this year

London-based Synthesia’s technology was employed to make deepfake videos for authoritarian regimes

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo said he hoped Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger would rejoin the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) regional bloc, in an interview with FRANCE 24. The decision of the military juntas in the three countries to withdraw from ECOWAS was a setback, and the security…

In northern Cote d'Ivoire, thousands of refugees from neighbouring Burkina Faso have fled two threats – jihadist attacks, and massacres committed by army-backed militiamen who target the Fulani community.