DAKAR, July 2 (Reuters) - Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have initiated a year-long process of withdrawing from the ...

BERLIN, July 2 (Reuters) - The UN Human Rights Office said on Thursday it will close its country office in Burkina Faso by November 30, after the authorities suspended its operations over a press ...

The troubled west African country has been run since September 2022 by military leaders following a coup headed by Captain Ibrahim Traoré. Traoré announced an "amnesty pardon" in December last year ...

The military government, in power since 2022 coup, accused France of having ‘neo-colonial ambitions’.

Captain Ibrahim Traoré announced on June 26 that Burkina Faso will break off bilateral relations with Paris. The 2,500 French ...

Burkina Faso’s military government has severed diplomatic ties with France, its former colonial ruler and key security ...

France has condemned Burkina Faso's decision to unilaterally sever the two countries’ diplomatic relations, describing the move as "hostile and baseless" while warning that reciprocal measures are ...

Burkina Faso's authorities have failed to account for the whereabouts of journalist Atiana Serge Oulon two years after state security forces forcibly disappeared him, a coalition of rights groups ...

PARIS, June 27 (Reuters) - France said on Saturday it was considering taking reciprocal measures after Burkina Faso broke off ...