Burkina Faso's new president came to power in a dramatic coup, winning hearts across Africa with fiery rhetoric and viral social media appeal.

Attacks by Islamic militants are surging in western Africa, where the U.S. is struggling to track terrorist movements in the ...

Ghanaian actor and comedian Kwadwo Nkansah, popularly known as Lil Win, has stirred conversation online after announcing his ...

Originally conceived to foster economic cooperation and regional integration, ECOWAS has since expanded its mandate to encompass regional collective security through Monitoring Group ECOMOG for ...

The Last African Hero, starring Ghanaian actor Kwadwo Nkansah, also known as Lilwin, has ignited controversy over its ...

Traore's coup was justified on grounds of addressing the ... The trajectory of events in Burkina Faso will have implications not only for its own stability and prosperity but also for the broader ...

The military rulers of Burkina Faso have turned to a man once known as “Africa’s Che Guevara” as a way to rally a country ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré, 34 years old, became the provisional head of Burkina Faso’s government after a military coup in ...

Following a foiled coup attempt in Burkina Faso on April 21, thousands across Africa rallied in solidarity with the country and its revolutionary leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, denouncing ...

In September 2022, Captain Ibrahim Traoré seized power in Burkina Faso through a military coup, becoming the world’s youngest head of state. Many Africans see him as a break from elected ...

An al-Qaeda affiliate has claimed it killed 200 soldiers in an attack on a Burkina Faso army base this week, according to an NGO that tracks armed groups’ online activity. The base in the ...