Burkina Faso has completed the transfer of five gold mining assets to the country's state-owned miner, according to a decree published late on Wednesday, finalising a process that began in August to ...

Ce bien, composé de cinq éléments situés dans différentes provinces du pays, comprend une quinzaine de fourneaux debout à tirage naturel, plusieurs bases de fourneaux, des mines et des traces ...

The World Monuments Fund has named the brutalist La Maison du Peuple in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, as one of the most under-threat buildings for 2022.

Burkina Faso's military government has said it foiled a "major plot" to overthrow junta leader Capt Ibrahim Traoré, with the army alleging the plotters were based in neighbouring Ivory Coast.

After publishing an article on a jihadist attack, the authorities in Burkina Faso described our work as 'biased.' Le Monde defends the seriousness and independence of its investigation and ...

The media environment in Burkina Faso is relatively robust but US-based NGO Freedom House says the jihadist insurgency has curbed media access and that military leaders have further constrained ...

Burkina Faso's neighbours have condemned what they call an attempted coup in the West African state. President Roch Kaboré's whereabouts are unclear amid conflicting reports on whether he has ...

According to a new World Bank report released today, Burkina Faso’s economy grew by 7% in 2021, following a 1.9% slowdown in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This upturn in growth was largely driven ...