As part of their clampdown on dissent, Burkina Faso's military rulers' latest targets have included an influential imam, ...

Traore led the coup that ousted military leader Paul-Henri Damiba, who had seized power in a previous coup in January and ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Thousands of people rallied in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou on Wednesday in support of the military junta after an alleged coup attempt and comments by an American official ...

Burkina Faso's military government under Captain Ibrahim Traoré has suspended the country's largest student union, deepening ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — As news emerged this week about hundreds of Burkina Faso citizens killed separately by both jihadi groups and government forces, images of Burkina Faso’s junta leader Capt. Ibrahim ...

Traoré, who seized power after ousting interim President Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba in a coup d'état in September 2022, has been enjoying some positive reviews on social media recently. Admirers have ...

Democracy "kills" and the people of Burkina Faso must "forget" it, the country's military ruler has said in an interview aired on state television. Capt Ibrahim Traoré, who seized power in a coup ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In June 2025, videos surfaced on social media alleging that White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt had told interim ...

Supporters of Burkina Faso's junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré have unleashed a tidal wave of hate against a Sky News journalist after she published a news report critical of his policies. Traoré, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Burkina Faso Foreign Minister Karamoko Jean Marie Traore attends a joint news conference following a meeting of Russian foreign ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Thousands of people rallied in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou on Wednesday in support of the military junta after an alleged coup attempt and comments by an American official ...