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FRANCE ARRESTS BROTHER OF EX-BURKINA PRESIDENT COMPAORE
Burkina Faso media said he was held on an arrest warrant issued by that country's government... READ MORE›
CREATE A NEW PASSWORD
Ethiopia's Simien Mountains National Park is no longer on UNESCO's danger list... READ MORE›
'THE DAY I MET THOMAS SANKARA'
Capt Sankara had challenged the old centres of power in Burkina Faso Traditional leaders and big business... READ MORE›
GHANAIAN TRAVELS 4,900 MILES FROM PARIS TO ACCRA BY CAR
Homecoming Midafternoon on Sunday, July 16, Donkoh crossed from Burkina Faso to Paga in Ghana's Upper East region... READ MORE›
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BURKINA FASO: AT LEAST 18 DEAD IN RESTAURANT ATTACK
At least 18 people have been killed in an attack by suspected Islamist militants at a restaurant popular with foreigners in the capital of Burkina Faso... READ MORE›
BURKINA FASO ARMY TOLD TO HAND OVER POWER
Col Zida told diplomats and journalists in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, that the military had no plan to usurp power... READ MORE›
AFRICA LEADERS IN BURKINA FOR TALKS
Under Burkina Faso's constitution, the head of the National Assembly should take office if the president resigns... READ MORE›
DR CONGO TO EXPEL AFRICAN ACTIVISTS
DR Congo Seeks Democracy The Democratic Republic of Congo says it will deport four pro-democracy activists from Senegal and Burkina Faso arrested on Sunday... READ MORE›
MILITARY IN BURKINA FASO CONFIRMS COUP
While Burkina Faso has largely been spared from extremist violence, a Romanian national was abducted in April, and a Mali-based jihadi group claimed responsibility... READ MORE›
MILITARY UNITS IN BURKINA FASO STAND READY TO QUELL COUP
Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, was a French colony until 1960... READ MORE›
BURKINABE ARMY 'TO HAND OVER POWER'
Related Stories Burkina Faso's military has said it will install a transitional government, days after it seized power as President Blaise Compaore resigned... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN SURGEON AND HIS WIFE KIDNAPPED IN BURKINA FASO
An Australian couple have nbsp been kidnapped by Islamic extremists in west Africa, a spokesman for the Burkina Faso government has confirmed. nbsp... READ MORE›
BURKINA FASO: COUP ATTEMPT THWARTED, SAYS GOVERNMENT
Security officials in Burkina Faso said they had foiled another coup plot in the West African nation and blamed it on former presidential guards... READ MORE›
BURKINA FASO COUP TO BE REVERSED AS VIOLENT PROTESTS CONTINUE
The African Union has suspended Burkina Faso's membership and given leaders until Tuesday to restore the former government... READ MORE›
BURKINA FASO PROTESTERS SET FIRE TO PARLIAMENT, IN PICTURES
Hundreds of angry demonstrators in Burkina Faso stormed parliament before setting it on fire in protest at plans to allow President Blaise Compaore to extend his 27-year rule... READ MORE›
BURKINA FASO ATTACKS: FOUR AL-QAEDA TERRORISTS - 'INCLUDING TWO WOMEN' - KILLED AFTER SPECIAL FORCES FREE 126 HOSTAGES IN HOTEL SIEGE
The United Kingdom stands with President Kabore and the people of Burkina Faso in the fight against terrorism, he said... READ MORE›
GUNMEN ON MOTORCYCLES ATTACK TURKISH RESTAURANT IN BURKINA FASO, KILLING 18
He said at least 20 other people were injured in the attack on the Aziz Istanbul restaurant, a spot popular with foreigners in the capital, Ouagadougou... READ MORE›
BURKINA FASO PROTESTERS SET FIRE TO PARLIAMENT
Government spokesman Alain Edouard Traore issued a statement Wednesday hailing the vitality of Burkina Faso's democracy despite what he termed anti-government misbehaviour ... READ MORE›
FRENCH FORCES KILL MILITANTS IN MALI FOREST
France says its forces in West Africa have killed or captured more than 20 militants in a forest near Mali's border with Burkina Faso... READ MORE›
OPTIMISM ABOUNDS AS BURKINA FASO VOTES FOR PRESIDENT
The last year has been a tumultuous one for Burkina Faso... READ MORE›
TERRORIST ATTACKS CIVILIAN DEATHS AND A QUESTION WHY
He was like many Burkina Faso people selfless, kind, eager to convey joy and love, Mr. Vardy wrote in an email exchange... READ MORE›
BURKINA FASO MILITARY INSTALLS GENERAL AS NEW HEAD OF STATE AFTER COUP
Burkina Faso's military has installed a general loyal to a former President as the new head of state, in a coup three weeks before national elections... READ MORE›
THE RISE AND FALL OF BURKINA FASO'S COUP
The Balai Citoyen movement, initiated by Burkina Faso's youth, was an important element in last year's 30 October popular upheaval which toppled Compaore... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 20 REPORTED DEAD, 63 HOSTAGES RELEASED
Burkina Faso hotel attack At least 20 reported dead, 63 hostages released... READ MORE›
BURKINA FASO VOTES AFTER YEAR OF POLITICAL TURMOIL
RELATED Burkina Faso elections Not a one-man race Al Jazeera's Mohammed Adow reporting from the capital, Ouagadougou, said there were long queues in most polling stations... READ MORE›
AL-QAEDA CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR ATTACK ON UPSCALE HOTEL IN BURKINA FASO
Attackers struck an upscale hotel popular with westerners in Burkina Faso's capital late Friday... READ MORE›
MILITARY RIVALS VIE FOR POWER IN LEADERLESS BURKINA FASO
People celebrate in the capital ouagadougou after burkina faso's embattled president blaise compaore announced he was stepping down... READ MORE›
BURKINA FASO ATTACK SIGNALS SPREAD OF ISLAMIST MENACE
Until recently, Burkina Faso had been spared the Islamist violence afflicting nearby states... READ MORE›
BURKINA FASO BEGINS MOURNING AFTER HOTEL ATTACK
President Roch Marc Christian Kabore said the people of Burkina Faso must unite in the fight against terrorism ... READ MORE›
US INCREASES ANTITERRORISM EXERCISES WITH AFRICAN MILITARIES
In Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, United States Army troops simulated an elaborate hostage rescue with West African forces this month... READ MORE›
ISLAMIST ATTACK ON BURKINA FASO HOTEL LEAVES 28 DEAD AND 50 INJURED
Burkina Faso became the latest country to fall victim to Islamist extremism in attacks that left 28 people of 18 different nationalities dead and 50 injured... READ MORE›
6 CANADIANS FROM QUEBEC KILLED IN BURKINA FASO HOTEL ATTACK
STRINGER Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Kabore speaks to journalists at the site of the attack in Ouagadougou... READ MORE›
BURKINA FASO ARRESTS EX-PRESIDENTIAL GUARDS OVER RAID
The arrested soldiers come from Burkina Faso's former presidential guard the RSP, which was also behind a brief, failed coup last September... READ MORE›