Ibrahim Traore Stories

The decision aligns Burkina Faso with other African countries such as Ghana, Rwanda, and Kenya, which have eased travel restrictions for visitors from...

Burkina Faso’s military ruler is celebrated online as a pan-African revolutionary, but at home he curtails civil liberties, criminalises homosexuality...

The decision abruptly ends a programme that had been running in the country since 2012 and had placed Burkina Faso at the centre of global research on...

Under a recently adopted constitutional amendment, the nation’s indigenous languages will now serve as official languages, while French will be retain...

The Ministry of Interior will handle future elections in the country that has been under the leadership of Captain Ibrahim Traoré since September 2022...

Coup governments across Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have shifted away from western alliances and towards Russia, deepening military and economic ties...

The ministry statement did not say how many prisoners had escaped Koutoukale, which lies 50 km (30 miles) northwest of the capital Niamey.

The new charter also allows Traore to run for president when the elections take place.