Burkina Faso News » Centre News Burkina Faso » Centre » Government: More than two million facing hunger in Burkina Faso: government
More than a tenth of the population in Burkina Faso, a drought-stricken West African country plagued by jihadist violence, is at risk of hunger, according to government figures issued on Thursday. A ...
News Burkina Faso » Centre » Government: Burkina Faso’s Government of Change Confronts Imperialism
Captain Ibrahim Traoré, 34 years old, became the provisional head of Burkina Faso’s government after a military coup in September 2022. His government seeks to finish off the remnants of French ...
News Burkina Faso » Centre » Government: Burkina Faso Posts Average Economic Growth of 4.8% Over Nine Years
Burkina Faso recorded average annual economic growth of 4.8% between 2016 and 2025 despite security, climate and financing challenges. The government mobilized CFA3.31 trillion ($5.75 billion) in ...
News Burkina Faso » Centre » Government: Burkina Faso’s government is committing war crimes
The order given in December 2023 was “to enter the hive and eat the warriors’ honey”. The previous month jihadists had attacked a military base in northern Burkina Faso. In response, the national army ...
News Burkina Faso » Centre » Government: They fled from extremists. Now the government in Burkina Faso tries to hide their existence
Their loved ones were slaughtered by Islamist extremists or government-affiliated fighters. Their villages were attacked, their homes destroyed. Exhausted and traumatized, they fled in search of ...
News Burkina Faso » Centre » Government: Burkina Faso: Government-Allied Militias Linked to Massacre
(Nairobi) – Pro-government militias in Burkina Faso are implicated in video footage circulating on social networks showing the massacre of dozens of civilians in and around the western city of Solenzo ...
News Burkina Faso » Centre » Government: Burkina Faso cuts diplomatic relations with France, once a key ally
Burkina Faso's military government has severed diplomatic ties with France, its former colonial ruler and key security partner ...
News Burkina Faso » Centre » Government: Burkina Faso cuts diplomatic ties with ex-ruler France
Anti‑French sentiment runs high in some former African colonies as the continent becomes a renewed diplomatic battleground.
News Burkina Faso » Centre » Government: Burkina Faso: Crimes Against Humanity by All Sides
The Burkina Faso military with its allied militias and an Al Qaeda-linked armed group have killed more than 1,800 civilians and forcibly displaced tens of thousands since 2023. The junta is committing ...
News Burkina Faso » Centre » Government: Massacre in Burkina Faso left 600 dead, double previous estimates, according to French security assessment
Editor’s note: This story contains a graphic image and descriptions of violence. Up to 600 people were shot dead in a matter of hours by al Qaeda-linked militants in an August attack on a town in ...