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 ...

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 ...

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

With his counterinsurgency strategy only deepening Burkina Faso’s security crisis, Traore has turned to repressing anyone he ...

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

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 ...

While many continue to look at Burkina Faso as the next likely site of political upheaval, they may be looking in the wrong direction. If we define a "successful coup" as one that occurs with ...

Burkina Faso’s President Ibrahim Traoré has survived ... given the tense geopolitical climate and recent coup attempts, especially after accusations by US officials that Traoré’s junta ...