Twenty years ago, Paris-based fashion designer François Yameogo returned to his native Burkina Faso to build a facility specialising in making Faso Danfani, the country's traditional fabric, for ...

Forced out of their homes by armed groups, displaced families in Burkina Faso rely on humanitarian aid to meet their children ...

The Burkina Faso military junta is increasingly abducting civil society activists and political opponents as part of its crackdown on peaceful dissent.

Dr. Claudette Yaméogo is Burkina Faso’s only ophthalmologist who specializes in treating children. She is one of just 70 eye doctors for the West African nation's 23 million people.

A television shows the cut signal of the France 24 channel hours after the junta in Burkina Faso suspended the channel on March 27, 2023, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso’s human rights ...

The military junta in Burkina Faso, a West African nation struggling to defeat extremist groups, has been forcibly conscripting critics, say human rights organizations.

Burkina Faso's junta leader, Traore, has also requested civilians to assist the military in security efforts. A civilian task force, Volunteers for the Defence of the Fatherland (VDP), is already ...

Burkina Faso, a former French colony, was plunged into bloody internal fighting by French imperialism’s 2013-2021 war in neighboring Mali.

When visiting Burkina Faso, it's essential to bring lightweight and breathable clothing for the heat, but also garments that cover the body to protect against the sun and mosquitoes.

Survivors recount a village massacre carried out by Burkina Faso’s security forces Lifeless children intertwined together. A 2-month-old face-up on the ground. The scenes were horrifying, but ...

Dr. Claudette Yaméogo, Burkina Faso's only ophthalmologist specializing in treating children, checks Isaka Diallo who has lost vision in his left eye at the Sanou Sourou University Hospital in ...