Burkina Faso

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso—President Roch Marc Christian Kabore will serve another five years as Burkina Faso’s president, according to provisional results announced by the National Independent Electoral Commission on Nov. 26. ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso—Fears of attacks by extremists prevented voting in many parts of Burkina Faso on Nov. 22, ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso—An American citizen has been killed in the capital of the West African nation of Burkina ...

OUAGADOUGOU—Eighteen Burkinabe nationals died when a bus they were traveling in crashed near the town of Bouake in ...

Commentary Burkina Faso is a small landlocked country located in West Africa. Although the country is not a ...

Gunmen killed 24 men, including a church pastor, and kidnapped three others on Sunday in Burkina Faso.

The president of Burkina Faso said on Sunday that more than a dozen people were killed during a ...

OUAGADOUGOU/PARIS—Three hostages freed by French commandos from terrorists in Burkina Faso arrived in Paris on May 12, expressing ...

In Sub-Saharan Africa as a whole, 2015 was a banner year for democratic transitions.

Burkina Faso began three days of national mourning Sunday and the president said security would be stepped up ...

The overnight seizure of a luxury hotel in Burkina Faso's capital by al-Qaida-linked extremists ended Saturday when Burkina ...

Manganese mining is a linchpin of Burkina Faso's corruption and oppression.

Hundreds of supporters of Burkina Faso's newly elected president chanted "Presi, Presi" after preliminary results released Tuesday gave ...

All in all, the last month in Africa has offered plenty to raise eyebrows.

Burkina Faso's interim president declared Wednesday he is once again in charge of the country a week after ...

The Burkina Faso general who seized power in a coup last week apologized to the nation Monday and ...

French President Francois Hollande took to task African leaders who seek ways around term limits to extend their ...

Gunfire erupted outside the headquarters of state television in Burkina Faso on Sunday as an opposition politician tried ...

Lt. Col. Isaac Yacouba Zida was unanimously appointed by the army to lead Burkina Faso, the army said ...

Burkina Faso's former president fled to neighboring Ivory Coast with his family after violent protests drove him from ...

A largely unknown military colonel emerged early Saturday to say he had taken the helm of Burkina Faso, ...

The president of Burkina Faso stepped down Friday after protesters stormed parliament and set the building ablaze, ending ...

Anti-government protesters gathered again Friday morning in Burkina Faso's capital.

Burkina Faso's leader of nearly three decades declared astate of emergency Thursday, hours after protesters who oppose his ...