Burkina Faso coup leader Ibrahim Traore announced Friday that there would be no elections in the country until security concerns were addressed. Traore previously promised elections would be ...

Burkina Faso's Blaise Compaore was ousted from presidency by mass protests in 2014 [PHOTO:Courtesy] Burkina Faso will hold presidential and legislative elections on Oct. 11, a year after the West ...

Residents of a nearby village found explosives that belonged to the attackers, said the government, which had earlier blamed leaders of the failed coup for the attack. Burkina Faso's government on ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Fears of attacks by extremists prevented voting in many parts of Burkina Faso on Sunday, as the country went to the polls for presidential and legislative elections ...

Burkina Faso's prime minister said Tuesday that no elections could be held while attacks by jihadist insurgents continue, appearing to put into doubt a return to civilian rule by the country's ...

Burkina Faso's interim government confirmed Wednesday that presidential and parliamentary elections initially set for October, but delayed by a failed coup, would go ahead on November 29. The ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Fears of attacks by extremists prevented voting in many parts of Burkina Faso on Sunday, as the country went to the polls for presidential and legislative elections ...

Burkina Faso's Council of Ministers has adopted a bill to restore the death penalty for treason, terrorism, and espionage.

Burkina Faso’s Council of Ministers has adopted a bill to restore the death penalty, targeting offenses such as treason, ...

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Polls closed in Burkina Faso on Sunday after a presidential and parliamentary election dominated by the threat of Islamist violence that prevented voting in hundreds of ...