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

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso – Burkina Faso has received over 100 infantry vehicles from China's NORINCO (China North Industries Corporation) as part of an initiative to strengthen its military ...

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OUAGADOUGOU, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traore on Saturday appointed Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo as the country's new prime minister. According to a presidential decree ...

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 ...

Burkina Faso's military ruler Capt Ibrahim Traoré has sacked his Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela and dissolved the entire government. The dismissal of the head of government ...

Four Moroccan truck drivers went missing on Saturday as they crossed the restive border area between Burkina Faso and Niger, according to a source from the Moroccan embassy in Burkina Faso and a ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso's junta-led government said Thursday that it had released four French nationals it called spies, following Morocco-mediated negotiations with France.

Despite constant terrorist attacks suffered by Catholics in Burkina Faso from Islamic fundamentalists, vocations to the priesthood have increased in recent years, especially in dioceses located in ...

West African leaders considered military intervention to stop Niger from falling under the sway of a junta following a coup.