Amid a decade-long push by African countries to abolish colonial-era wigs in judicial systems, posts have surfaced online claiming Burkina Faso’s President Captain Ibrahim Traore has officially banned ...

Burkina Faso has an outstanding external debt estimated at more than $10 billion. Additionally, it owes China an unknown ...

President Ibrahim Traoré made the announcement , saying the wigs, which come from British and French traditions, no longer ...

The Alliance of the Sahel States' (AES) proposal to adopt biometric passports for member nations including Mali, Burkina Faso ...

Four Moroccan truck drivers who were kidnapped in West Africa over the weekend were released in Niger, officials said, ...

The exit of military-led Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) is seen to ...

Gunfire erupted in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, on Sunday after soldiers from the country’s army mutinied and seized control of a military base. Shooting was also reported at ...

They said their departure was immediate, but under the bloc's rules, their withdrawal takes effect a year after the announcement.

Interview: Zambian Sister Vickness Muleya, member of the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa, leads ...

Burkina Faso Joins Chad, Senegal in Criticising Macron’s Comments on Africa | Firstpost Africa Burkina Faso has joined Chad ...

Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso, is the heartland of traditional textile weaving. Here, the streets are dotted ...

Burkina Faso, a nation once synonymous with the revolutionary ideals of Thomas Sankara, has found a new torchbearer in ...