TikTok videos claim Burkina Faso's leader is dead, but all evidence shows Ibrahim Traoré is alive and still popular among pan-Africanists.Captain Ibrahim Traoré became Burkina Faso's leader in ...

A message circulating on Facebook claims that Nigeria has launched a missile strike on Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, targeting the country's military head of state, Ibrahim Traoré. The claim is ...

There are decades where nothing happens and there are weeks where decades happen – this seems to be the state of play in ...

Civic spaces are shrinking under Goita’s rule, democracy activists say, as the military suspends ‘political activity’.

Following a pro-junta demonstration in Burkina Faso on April 30, 2025, social media platforms have been flooded with videos ...

Press Release - The World Bank today approved the $216 million Sikasso-Korhogo-Bobo-Dioulasso (SKBo) Basin of Integration Project to strengthen the resilience of transport infrastructure to the ...

Across Africa, a quiet but powerful revolution is underway—led not by slogans or promises, but by action. From Rwanda to Burkina Faso, we are witnessing a bold new leadership philosophy that rejects ...

Researchers analyzed the nutritional composition of dried Gapal, a traditional fermented milk-cereal food from Burkina Faso, ...

Childcare services are critical to empowering women, reducing poverty, and promoting equitable development in West Africa.

The U.S. government added two new countries to its "Do Not Travel" list for 2025, bringing the total to 21 nations Americans ...

As insurgency intensifies and civic space shrinks in the West African state, a different kind of battle is unfolding online ...

About 10 soldiers were killed and seven injured in an attack in Niger's Dosso region this week, authorities said in a statement broadcast on state radio, while a security source told Reuters the death ...