Burkina Faso's military government has dissolved the country's independent electoral commission. Authorities announced the decision on Wednesday, citing high costs and a desire to limit foreign ...

Burkina Faso's junta on Monday declared the top resident UN official "persona non grata" for a United Nations report that found that armed groups were recruiting children to fight in the country's ...

Jihadists from Burkina Faso have stepped up their assaults on northern Togo since the beginning of the year, with the ...

Burkina Faso's junta on Monday declared the top resident UN official "persona non grata" for a United Nations report which ...

As region’s security ties with US, France unravel, China steps in to fill the void and position itself for greater influence ...

Burkina Faso's junta has expelled the UN's top official to the West African nation over a report about children caught up in ...

Human rights groups, meanwhile, warn that the case could aggravate diplomatic tensions between Ouagadougou and Abidjan and ...

The Burkina Faso junta has expelled the UN regional coordinator, Carol Flore-Smereczniak, over a report alleging violations against children in the country. The top UN official in the country was ...

Burkina Faso has declared United Nations regional coordinator Carol Flore-Smereczniak persona non grata over a U.N. report ...

The West African nation of Burkina Faso was once known for its lively arts scene. Now, it is a country torn apart by Islamist extremists and the government’s brutal effort to drive them out.

Burkina Faso, a previously stable, landlocked nation of 20 million, has been torn apart in the past eight years by violence from extremist groups loosely affiliated with Al Qaeda and the Islamic ...