Prime Minister of Burkina Faso Apollinaire Joachimson Kyelem de Tambela has announced the country's intention to join BRICS ...

In mid-July, Burkina Faso's leader, Ibrahim Traore, stated that he has evidence of a coordinated attempt by France, supported by Benin and Cote d'Ivoire, to destabilize his country. Burkina Faso ...

The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) in Sydney said Burkina Faso topped its Global Terrorism Index for the first time ...

Last year, Bamako, Niamey, and Ouagadougou formed the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) and have since turned to Russia for ...

Burkina Faso’s ruling junta said it thwarted an attempt to destabilize the African country “with the help of foreign powers.” ...

A media freedom group says local journalists in the African Sahel are facing increased security risks as extremist attacks ...

Burkina Faso's junta alleges an international conspiracy to overthrow its government, attributing the recent massacre of ...

Burkina Faso's junta said it had uncovered an international plot to overthrow it and which included the massacre in August of ...

Having slipped undetected into Mali's capital weeks ago, the jihadis struck just before dawn prayers. It showed that jihadist ...

Islamist extremists in Burkina Faso carried out a two-day killing spree, slaughtering hundreds of civilians, including 26 ...

On September 17, the al-Qaida affiliate Jama‘at Nusrat al-Islam wa-l-Muslimin (the Group for Supporting Islam and Muslims, or ...

Extremist attacks in the Sahel have been increasing. Last week, Islamic militants attacked Bamako, the capital of Mali.