The Latest Breaking News from Burkina Faso

France's Culture Minister on Friday said the suspension of visas for artists from Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso was due to security concerns in light of the recent military coups in those countries and in no way a "boycott".

Nearly 1 million children denied education, along with many more across eight countries in central and west Africa, new report warns

After Guinea, Mali and Burkina Faso, this time it feels like it's personal. France's president took on all-comers in his annual address on Monday to his ambassadors in Paris: insisting his man in Niamey is staying put, defying an ultimatum from Niger's coup leaders and ruing what Emmanuel Macron sees…

President Murmu accepted credentials from envoys of Estonia, Ukraine, Burkina Faso and Norway, strengthening bilateral ties. Norway and India share a strong relationship in areas such as the ocean, energy and environment, and bilateral trade has doubled. Norway is India’s largest single foreign investor and 200 Norwegian companies operate in…

The mutinous soldiers who ousted Niger’s president have given approval for military support from its neighbors Mali and Burkina Faso against any attack just as the regional bloc insisted Friday on the use of force to help reverse the coup

Algeria has engaged in a diplomatic tour of three Ecowas countries in a bid to broker a diplomatic solution to resolve the crises across the Sahel, and avoid military intervention in Niger.

The Niger coup – the fifth in the Sahel and sixth in the broader west Africa region in three years – has pushed the region further into political unrest and insecurity.

The U.N. is spending over 20 times more money than usual on fuel for generators to keep millions of vaccines in Niger from spoiling due to incessant power cuts

Niger's junta on Wednesday said 17 of its soldiers had been killed in an ambush by insurgents near the Burkina Faso border, the deadliest attack since military officers seized power in a coup at the end of July.