Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -Armed men have kidnapped an 83-year-old American nun in northern Burkina Faso, the bishop of the local ...

Haruna Sumaila Abugri.It is barely two weeks since operatives of Ibrahim Traore’s led junta arrested and detained the spiritual leader of the sunni Islamic sect in Burkina Faso, Dr. Mohammed Ishaq ...

At least 12 people have been killed in an attack on northern Burkina Faso's Dori-Gorgadji road, while armed men have freed ...

(Nairobi) – The Burkina Faso military junta is increasingly abducting civil society activists and political opponents as part of its crackdown on peaceful dissent, Human Rights Watch said today. Since ...

Colorado Rapids forward Georgi Minoungou has been called up to the Burkina Faso Men’s National Team, securing his spot on the squad for the third consecutive international window. He will be with the ...

The accounts are horrific. Women killed while carrying babies on their backs, the wounded hunted down and villagers watching the execution of their neighbors, fearing they'd be next. These are some of ...

A video showing people in military-style uniform in central London has been falsely portrayed as showing North Korean troops in Burkina Faso. “North Korean military in Burkina Faso,” reads text in a ...

Burkina Faso has appointed Abdou Amir as the new head coach of its men's national football team, tasking him with leading the team to qualify for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations. The announcement was ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Unidentified armed men have kidnapped an 83-year-old nun who was serving as a missionary in the west African nation of Burkina Faso, The Archdiocese of New Orleans said Tuesday.