The West African country's junta accused the former colonial power of undermining its national interests.

Captain Ibrahim Traoré announced on June 26 that Burkina Faso will break off bilateral relations with Paris. The 2,500 French ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In June 2025, videos surfaced on social media alleging that White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt had told interim ...

The military government, in power since 2022 coup, accused France of having ‘neo-colonial ambitions’.

Junta chief captain Ibrahim Traoré has pursued anti-Western policies since seizing power in a coup in September 2022, while ...

Traoré, who seized power after ousting interim President Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba in a coup d'état in September 2022, has been enjoying some positive reviews on social media recently. Admirers have ...

Democracy "kills" and the people of Burkina Faso must "forget" it, the country's military ruler has said in an interview aired on state television. Capt Ibrahim Traoré, who seized power in a coup ...

In Burkina Faso, on May 25, 2024, a national conference took place to establish the country’s new political agenda. This conference concluded with a five-year extension to its military transition, ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Thousands of people rallied in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou on Wednesday in support of the military junta after an alleged coup attempt and comments by an American official ...