Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso responded by announcing their withdrawal from the economic bloc, formalized in January this year ...

Burkina Faso remains tense after authorities foiled a coup plot targeting junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré. The government ...

Tension is mounting after an attempted coup in Burkina Faso. Officials say a plot to overthrow Capt Ibrahim Traoré has been foiled.

Several army officers were arrested in the wake of rumours about a planned coup against Junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traore, ...

Di plotters, some wey be ex-army officers, bin hatch di plan for neighbouring Ivory Coast, di authorities tok.

A week after an attempted coup in Burkina Faso, the situation remains tense in Ouagadougou, particularly among the armed ...

Burkina Faso's military government has said it foiled a "major plot" to overthrow junta leader Capt Ibrahim Traoré, with the ...

Plotters included current and former soldiers, as well as terrorist leaders, who planned to swarm the presidential palace on ...

The military regime in Burkina Faso has said its intelligence service thwarted a plot to overthrow the junta in April. It said the coup attempt was planned in Ivory Coast.

The challenge will be translating the country’s rich mineral resources and promising economy into stability and development.

The military government of Burkina Faso says it foiled a "major plot" to overthrow Ibrahim Traoré, junta leader, last week.