Burkina Faso's military government has severed diplomatic ties with France, its former colonial ruler and key security ...

The West African country's junta accused the former colonial power of undermining its national interests.

The military government, in power since 2022 coup, accused France of having ‘neo-colonial ambitions’.

Burkina Faso has announced that it is ending diplomatic relations with France, marking another major step in the country’s growing distance from its former colonial ruler.

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) concluded three days of high-level meetings in Burkina Faso aimed at strengthening security coordination, defining relations with ECOWAS.

Burkina Faso has recovered more than $16 million and shut down dozens of illegal gold trading operations as Ibrahim Traore’s government intensifies its campaign against gold fraud. Authorities say 93 ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s new junta leader Capt. Ibrahim Traore said the West African nation would still aim to hold elections by 2024 or even earlier, as regional mediators ...

Burkina Faso's authorities have failed to account for the whereabouts of journalist Atiana Serge Oulon two years after state security forces forcibly disappeared him, a coalition of rights groups ...

Burkina Faso's junta has ended diplomatic relations with France with immediate effect. The rupture deepens an already bitter ...

Burkina Faso’s military government severed diplomatic ties with France, its former colonial ruler that had been a key ...