Burkina Faso’s ex-President Blaise Compaoré has apologised to the family of Thomas Sankara, his charismatic predecessor who was shot dead during a coup in 1987. In April, Mr Compaoré was ...
Burkina Faso's military ruler has in a surprise move met the president he overthrew in a coup last January. Former President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré was accompanied by another former ...
The death toll from a weekend jihadist attack in northern Burkina Faso has risen to 86, authorities have said. The previous toll in the attack in Seytenga village stood at ...
The West African bloc, Ecowas, has postponed making a decision on Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso after its leaders failed to agree on what action to take against the military ...
Burkina Faso’s ousted President Roch Kaboré has been allowed to return to his home in the capital, Ouagadougou, the military government said in a statement. Mr Kaboré was under house ...
A commission established by the military government in Burkina Faso is to recommend a 30-month transition period before the country returns to constitutional rule. During this period, Burkina Faso will ...
President Yoweri Museveni on Saturday joined his counterparts from Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo Brazaville, and Togo to discuss among others coups and security in Africa. The mini-summit held in ...
Envoys from West Africa and the UN say they have met the ousted president in Burkina Faso. Roch Kaboré has been under house arrest in the capital, Ouagadougou, since he ...
The new military leader of Burkina Faso has promised a return to the normal constitutional order "when the conditions are right". Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba led a mutiny that ousted ...
President Museveni has said African leaders ought to come together and find a lasting solution to the current wave of coups in several countries. “I would like to invite African ...
