Burkina Faso is a west African dryland country known for its diverse ecosystems, including savannas, forests and wetlands.

A sprawling green belt covering 2,000 hectares now encircles Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital, serving as both a barrier ...

The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

Three Ghanaians have told the BBC of their involvement in the fighting between Islamist insurgents and the military in neighbouring Burkina Faso, describing scenes of sometimes indiscriminate ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Their loved ones were slaughtered by Islamic extremists or government-affiliated fighters. Their villages were attacked, their homes destroyed. Exhausted and ...

Interview. Activist Dayamba Bindré Roger warns that crises and conflicts increase vulnerability, making people easy targets ...

Four Moroccan truck drivers who were kidnapped in West Africa over the weekend were released in Niger, officials said. The drivers were the latest victims of insecurity in the Sahel, an arid swath of ...

Burkina Faso is leaving the West African regional bloc ECOWAS to join counterterrorism forces with Niger and Mali. The junta ...

Mali and Burkina Faso criticised Ecowas' "inhuman" sanctions and vowed to ... Ecowas will lose 76 million of its 446 million ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force that will soon be deployed in the restive Sahel region, Niger's defense minister ...

As part of my PhD research, I investigated the changing use of the land between 2000 and 2022 in one of Burkina Faso's key wildlife reserves, the Bontioli nature reserve. Located in the south-west ...

Mali and Burkina Faso criticised Ecowas' "inhuman" sanctions ... 446 million people and more than half its total geographical land area. There are also concerns the withdrawal will weaken both ...