Burkina Faso on Wednesday marks four years since military strongman Captain Ibrahim Traoré took over in a coup. Comparing himself to anti-colonial icon Thomas Sankara, Traoré promised a "progressive ...

A Spokesperson for Burkinabe civil society and journalists has raised severe concerns regarding deteriorating national security, the suppression of press freedom, and the systematic erosion of civic ...

Necklaces of Thomas Sankara and Ibrahim Traoré that are sold in front of the Thomas Sankara memorial in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. (Photos by Carmen Yasmine Abd Ali/For The Washington Post) The Post ...

Captain Ibrahim Traore of Burkina Faso has opened his country’s first gold refinery with his military-led government aiming to process more of the nation’s mineral wealth at home and tighten its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso – Captain Ibrahim Traore, a 38-year-old army officer who seized power in a 2022 coup, has become one of ...

In the three years since Burkina Faso's Captain Ibrahim Traore seized power, his junta has silenced critics by arresting dissidents or press-ganging them into fighting jihadists. The Barron's news ...

Four decades ago a 34-year-old army captain from Burkina Faso stood before the UN General Assembly and demanded a new world order. The speech, which was watched eagerly by young people across west ...

The face of Captain Ibrahim Traoré has been beaming across social media feeds throughout West Africa and from posters and placards hoisted in the streets of Burkina Faso‘s capital Ouagadougou, London ...

Burkina Faso’s authorities said they had foiled a plot to assassinate Capt Ibrahim Traoré, the country’s military leader Security officials alleged that the plan was masterminded by former junta chief ...