In early May, Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, or JNIM, launched a series of large-scale, coordinated attacks in the north and east of Burkina Faso, highlighting the deteriorating security ...

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 ...

Burkina Faso’s military leader Ibrahim Traoré has dissolved 118 civil society groups in a sweeping move authorities say is tied to national security. The decision follows a 2025 law tightening ...

Burkina Faso has moved to high alert as the fallout from Mali’s escalating conflict spreads across the Sahel. President Ibrahim Traoré has ordered heightened security in the capital, with elite units ...

(Bloomberg) -- Russia bolstered its influence in the troubled Sahel region of West Africa with about 100 military personnel ...

The Burkinabè transitional president is seeking to secure his regime since the attempted coup targeting him in late September. To achieve this, he has turned to his Russian allies, who have already ...

Burkina Faso’s government said late Tuesday that it thwarted an alleged coup attempt against President Capt. Ibrahim Traore, accusing Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, the former transitional ...