Burkina Faso’s interim leader, who is part of a regional alliance of military-led countries that includes Mali and Niger, has announced “large-scale” joint operations against armed groups in the ...

Dec. 18 (UPI) --Officials in Burkina Faso released 11 members of the Nigerian military after seizing their cargo aircraft and detaining them for making an emergency landing in Bobo-Dioulasso. The ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. BAMAKO, Mali — The head of an alliance of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger declared Tuesday that the launch of a joint ...

The Nigerian military aircraft C-130 carrying 11 soldiers that made emergency landing in Burkina Faso over technical challenge, have remained detained by the authorities in Ouagadougou seven days ...

A former Ekiti lawmaker and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Ayodele Arise, has urged President Bola Tinubu to consider the option of military action against Burkina Faso to secure ...

Nigeria’s Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar with the now released servicemen Nigeria's Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar has formally apologised to Burkina Faso for the unauthorised entry of a Nigerian ...

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon –In the Sahel region of Africa, the sound of church bells has fallen silent in towns like Sebba and Gorgadji in Burkina Faso. Forced to abandon their buildings under the threat of ...

Nigeria's Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar has formally apologised to Burkina Faso for the unauthorised entry of a Nigerian military jet into Burkinabè airspace, an incident that led to the detention of ...

The story began with no fanfare. A Nigerian aircraft touched down in Burkina Faso, its landing routine enough that few paid attention. But the quiet moment did not last. What followed was an ...

Approximately 332 km long, Burkina Faso's first expressway will connect the capital Ouagadougou and Bobo Dioulasso in the country's south-west. Burkina Faso's army ruler Captain Ibrahim Traore ...