An army captain in Burkina Faso has announced on national television that he has ousted military leader Lt Col Paul-Henri Damiba. Ibrahim Traore cited Lt Col Damiba's inability to deal with an ...

President Paul-Henri-Damiba has conditionally resigned following a coup in Burkina Faso on Friday and is reported to have left the country. David Doyle has more.

Burkina Faso has ordered the UN's coordinator in the country to leave by the end of the day, declaring her "persona non grata", the foreign ministry said Friday. Italian diplomat Barbara Manzi ...

Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba, leader of the military junta that overthrew Burkina Faso's president in January, is sworn in as head of state during a ceremony in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso ...

Burkina Faso has ordered the UN's coordinator in the country to leave by the end of the day, declaring her "persona non grata", the foreign ministry said Friday. Italian diplomat Barbara Manzi ...

An aerial view shows a camp for internally displaced people in Djibo, Burkina Faso, May 26 ... Col. Paul Henri Damiba, was sworn in as president, and on March 5, appointed a transitional government.

A rights group in Burkina Faso has charged that volunteer militia ... Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba, which might have resulted in fewer killings, he said. In an attempt to stem jihadi violence ...

Burkina Faso, which means “land of honest men,” is a small, very poor, landlocked country in Western Africa, home to over 20 million people. A former French colony, it gained independence as Upper ...

A poor country even by West African standards, landlocked Burkina Faso has suffered from recurring droughts and military coups. Burkina Faso, which means "land of honest men", has significant reserves ...

The authorities in Burkina Faso say 28 people have been killed by suspected Islamist militants in two separate attacks. The governor of Cascades region, near the border with Ivory Coast ...