Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso responded by announcing their withdrawal from the economic bloc, formalized in January this year ...

Tension is mounting after an attempted coup in Burkina Faso. Officials say a plot to overthrow Capt Ibrahim Traoré has been foiled.

Burkina Faso remains tense after authorities foiled a coup plot targeting junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré. The government ...

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Burkina Faso's military government has said it foiled a "major plot" to overthrow junta leader Capt Ibrahim Traoré, with the ...

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A week after an attempted coup in Burkina Faso, the situation remains tense in Ouagadougou, particularly among the armed ...

Plotters included current and former soldiers, as well as terrorist leaders, who planned to swarm the presidential palace on ...

The military regime in Burkina Faso has said its intelligence service thwarted a plot to overthrow the junta in April. It said the coup attempt was planned in Ivory Coast.

At 36, Captain Ibrahim Traore is the world's youngest leader who seized power in a military coup in 2022. However, the ...