The military-led governments of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have launched a regional investment bank capitalised at 500 ...

Three West African countries have joined forces to launch a regional investment bank with a capital of 500 billion CFA francs ...

The military-led governments of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have launched a regional investment bank with an initial capital ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) – Gunfire and explosions rocked Burkina Faso’s capital early Friday in what the police said was a suspected attack by Islamic extremists. By midday the gunfire became ...

An attack about 80 miles north of Burkina Faso's capital on August 24 is one of the deadliest in nearly a decade of Islamist violence in the West African country. :: Outside Barsalogho, Burkina Faso : ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina FasoOUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Residents in Burkina Faso’s capital report gunfire, state broadcaster off air, sparking fears of a mutiny under way.

At least seven people have been killed and six attackers "neutralized" Friday in Burkina Faso after attacks on the national army headquarters and the French Embassy, a government minister said. It's ...

An armed attack currently underway in Burkina Faso's capital of Ouagadougou is centered on the French embassy, according to a post on the embassy's Facebook page."The attack is ongoing at the French ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Hundreds of people marched through the streets of Burkina Faso’s capital Tuesday in a show of support for the new military-led junta that ousted democratically elected ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — People lined up at gas stations and money machines in Burkina Faso’s capital on Thursday as life began returning to normal after a week-long coup. Interim President Michel ...

The proposed return of capital punishment hands the country's junta yet another instrument to intimidate critics and tighten its authoritarian grip.

Burkina Faso’s military-led government has taken a step toward reinstating the death penalty, adopting a new penal code that ...