News Burkina Faso lifts ban on Norwegian aid agency Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso on Thursday lifted a ban on the Norwegian Refugee Council from working in camps for displaced... Read more 22 Oct, 2021
Arts and Leisure Pan-African film festival defies pandemic and jihadists Ouagadougou – Africa’s biggest film festival kicks off on Saturday in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou, delayed eight months by... Read more 14 Oct, 2021
News Two soldiers killed by homemade bomb in Burkina Faso’s southeast Ouagadougou – Two soldiers were killed when their motorcycles ran over a homemade bomb in southeast Burkina Faso on Monday,... Read more 12 Oct, 2021
Politics Burkina to open trial of alleged killers of left-wing idol Thomas Sankara Ouagadougou – The trial of 14 men, including a former president, is set to begin in Burkina Faso on Monday... Read more 11 Oct, 2021
Politics Burkina ex-president to snub trial on Thomas Sankara assassination Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso’s former president Blaise Compaore, the main accused in a long-awaited trial on the 1987 assassination of... Read more 7 Oct, 2021
Politics Burkina names new army chief in military revamp Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso’s president Roch Marc Christian Kabore on Wednesday revamped the military by axing his army chief of... Read more 7 Oct, 2021
Politics Burkina students see no change four years after key Macron speech Ouagadougou – Nearly four years ago, President Emmanuel Macron made a historic speech in the heart of the Sahel, where... Read more 6 Oct, 2021
Politics Suspected jihadists kill 14 soldiers in Burkina Faso Ouagadougou – Suspected jihadists killed 14 soldiers in an attack in northern Burkina Faso on Monday, the defence ministry... Read more 5 Oct, 2021
Politics Nine soldiers killed in Burkina Faso attack, security sources say Ouagadougou – Nine soldiers were killed in an attack on a military detachment in jihadist-hit northern Burkina Faso on Monday,... Read more 4 Oct, 2021
News Burkina Faso bars Norwegian aid agency from conflict zones Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso has stopped the Norwegian Refugee Council from working in camps for displaced people in the jihadist-hit... Read more 1 Oct, 2021