The coup d’etat Friday in Burkina Faso in many ways mirrored the one just eight months ago, when Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba ousted its democratically elected president, ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — More than a dozen soldiers seized control of Burkina Faso’s state television late Friday, declaring that the country’s coup leader-turned-president, Lt. Col. Paul ...

More than a dozen soldiers seized control of Burkina Faso's state television late Friday, declaring that the country's coup leader-turned-president, Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba, had been ...

Burkina Faso's land and air borders were closed and a 7 p.m.-to-6 a.m. curfew was imposed. The coup - the country's sixth since it won independence from France in 1960 - unfolded overnight with ...

More than a dozen soldiers seized control of Burkina Faso's state television late Friday, declaring that the country's coup leader-turned-president, Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba, had been ...

People rally in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, on Jan. 25 in support of a coup that ousted President Roch Marc Kaboré and suspended the constitution.

Burkina Faso military officers responsible for the January 2022 coup should ensure the protection of human rights and a swift transition to democratic rule.

On Monday January 24th, mutineers in Burkina Faso overthrew the democratically elected president, Roch Kabore. This was the fourth military coup in the region in the past 17 months, including two ...

The western African nation of Burkina Faso is facing its second military coup in eight months. After a day of gunfire rang out Friday in the capital Ouagadougou, Captain Ibrahim Traoré announced ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso – Burkina's military seized the airwaves and installed a general loyal to the ex-president Thursday as the new head of state, carrying out a coup weeks before national ...