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BURKINA FASO'S LOANGO OPEN-AIR MUSEUM ATTRACTS TOURISTS
Burkina Faso's Minister of Culture, Issouf Sawadogo is determined to promote its cultural programmes... READ MORE›
CASE DISMISSED AGAINST FRENCH TROOPS ACCUSED OF CHILD RAPE IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
EYE ON AFRICA A case is dismissed against French troops accused of raping children in Central African Republic two years on, Ouagadougou residents rem..... READ MORE›
EMMANUEL MACRON VOWS TO MAKE FRENCH THE WORLD'S FIRST LANGUAGE
Mr Macron, who is currently on a tour of west African nations added that it should not be viewed as a relic of a colonial power ... READ MORE›
WHAT'S WRONG WITH A JOKE? MACRON DEFENDS AIR-CONDITIONING GAG IN AFRICA
FILE PHOTO French President Emmanuel Macron speaks with students after he delivered a speech at the Ouagadougou University, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, November 28, 2017... READ MORE›
MIGRATION CRISIS TO DOMINATE EU-AFRICA SUMMIT
Donald Tusk, the European Council president, especially welcomed African and European youth to the summit on Wednesday... READ MORE›
BURKINA FASO: SEVERAL WOUNDED BY GRENADE ATTACK AHEAD OF FRENCH PRESIDENT MACRON'S VISIT
French President Emmanuel Macron arrived later Monday evening for a visit to Burkina Faso. He will head to a European-African summit in Ivory Coast Wednesday... READ MORE›
MACRON VISITS AFRICA AMID ANGER OVER HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SLAVERY
Across Africa, Libyan ambassadors have been forced on to the back foot as angry Africans have protested outside their embassies... READ MORE›
'LIBYA WAS HELL'
Investigation Protests meanwhile took place outside the Libyan embassies in several other African capital cities including Bamako, Mali and Conakry, Guinea over the weekend... READ MORE›
MARTIN SCORSESE'S MISSION TO SAVE LOST AFRICAN CINEMA
I'm aware, more than ever, that we know very little about African cinema, Scorsese said at the launch of the project... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Ouagadougou.
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›
LEILA ALAOUI PHOTOGRAPHER WOUNDED IN BURKINA FASO SIEGE DIES AT 33
She studied photography at the City University of New York before spending time in Morocco, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates... READ MORE›
'AT LEAST 20 DEAD' IN OUAGADOUGOU HOTEL
Gunmen have attacked a hotel used by Westerners in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, taking hostages and reportedly killing at least 20 people... READ MORE›
MUTINYING SOLDIERS SEAL OFF IVORY COAST'S BOUAKE
Ivory Coast was plunged into civil war in 2002 following a failed attempt to oust then-president Laurent Gbagbo... READ MORE›
FOREIGNERS SHOT DEAD AT BURKINA FASO LUXURY HOTEL
At least 23 people of 18 different nationalities are now known to have died after Islamist militants attacked a luxury hotel in Burkina Faso... READ MORE›
6 CANADIANS FROM QUEBEC KILLED IN ATTACK ON BURKINA FASO HOTEL
Burkina Faso hotel attack leaves 6 Canadians from Quebec dead... READ MORE›
AFRICA BECOMES THE NEW BATTLEGROUND FOR ISIS AND AL-QAEDA AS THEY LOSE GROUND IN MIDEAST
Africa becomes the new battleground for ISIS and al-Qaeda as they lose ground in Mideast... READ MORE›
BURKINA FASO SECURITY FORCES ATTACK HOTEL
Burkina faso security forces attack hostage-takers at hotel... READ MORE›
BURKINA FASO LEADER URGED TO RESIGN
Related Stories Burkina Faso's opposition has renewed its call for the immediate resignation of President Blaise Compaore as hundreds of protesters gather in the capital, Ouagadougou... READ MORE›
BURKINA FASO HOTEL ATTACK: 18 NATIONALITIES AMONG DEAD
Burkina Faso's president, Roch Marc Christian Kabore, said two of the attackers had been identified as women... 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›
CONFUSION OVER BABY'S NATIONALITY AFTER CABIN CREW HELP DELIVER BABY AT 42,000 FEET
A Turkish Airlines jet arrived at its destination with an extra passenger after cabin crew helped a woman give birth mid-flight... READ MORE›
GUNMEN STAGE DEADLY SIEGE ON BURKINA FASO HOTEL
Andrew Lebovich, a specialist on political and security issues in the region, said the attack in Burkina Faso showed an evolution in the group's tactical ability... 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›
20 DEAD IN POSSIBLE TERROR ATTACK IN WEST AFRICA
Gilles Thibault, the FrenchA ambassador to Burkina Faso, said on Twitter that security officials had launched an assault to rescue hostages... READ MORE›
ATTACK AT RESTAURANT IN BURKINA FASO CAPITAL KILLS AT LEAST 18
This was the second attack on a cafe popular with foreigners in under two years in Burkina Faso... 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›
KEN ELLIOTT AND WIFE JOCELYN BUILT A SURGERY FOR TWO MILLION PEOPLE FROM THE GROUND UP IN BURKINA FASO
We were very impressed by the isolation, both spiritually and medically, Dr Elliott said in an interview with The Friends of Burkina Faso charity... 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›
GADDAFI'S SOLDIERS ARE BACK IN LIBYA AND FIGHTING UNDER THE BLACK FLAG OF ISIS
Misrata, Libya's third-largest city located to the east of Tripoli, is the power base of the Libya Dawn faction which seized power in Tripoli in August... 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›
DEADLY ATTACK TARGETS ARMY BASE IN BURKINA FASO
Attacks in Burkina Faso were rare before a major strike by al-Qaeda-linked fighters on a hotel in the capital Ouagadougou killed 29 people in January... READ MORE›
BURKINA FASO: HOW A JAZZ BAND RIVALRY LED TO REVOLUTION
In 1987, Compaore launched a coup against his former comrade, in which Sankara was murdered... READ MORE›
STANDOFF IN BURKINA FASO ENDS WITH AT LEAST 28 DEAD
Twenty-eight people were killed and 56 were wounded in the attack that loudly announced the end to a long, mostly peaceful stretch in Burkina Faso... READ MORE›
FOURTH ATTACKER KILLED AT SECOND HOTEL AFTER TROOPS END AL-QAEDA HOSTAGE CRISIS
Security forces stormed a second hotel in Burkina Faso on Saturday morning to find al-Qaeda militants who killed at least 20 people and took more than 100 hostages... READ MORE›
'WELL-LOVED' AMERICAN MISSIONARY WAS AMONG BURKINA FASO ATTACK VICTIMS
Michael Riddering, 45, from Florida, died in the Cappuccino cafe in Friday's attack, his mother-in-law Carol Boyle told Associated Press... READ MORE›