Analysis - Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup ...

Nowhere is the trend towards resource nationalism more advanced than in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, the heart of Africa’s ...

Most gold production and reserves in west Africa are found within the west African craton. This is one of the world’s oldest ...

Cardinal Pietro Cardinal Parolin has praised authorities in Burkina Faso for their effort to regain control of the country, ...

A new flour mill with a daily capacity of 220 tonnes of flour and 80 tonnes of bran was inaugurated in Gampéla, Burkina Faso, ...

Following the withdrawal of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso from ECOWAS, there are now fewer countries that Nigerian passport ...

As France hands back another base in Africa, experts question the future of its security cooperation on the continent and ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — In one country after the next, African military officers have been drawn to power, scrapping Western-style democracies that they say have failed their nations.

Trailblazer of African cinema was the winner of the jury’s prize at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival for his film, Yeelen.

Malian director Souleymane Cissé, the African cinema pioneer who over five decades gained prominence for works infused with ...

The Malian director Souleymane Cissé, one of the fathers of African cinema, died on Wednesday in a Bamako clinic aged 84, his ...