This Africa Cup of Nations was scheduled to be played in 2021 and a year-long delay ... kicking off on January 9 as hosts Cameroon host Burkina Faso in Yaounde, before culminating in the final ...

In Burkina Faso’s previous three CHAN appearances, the team was led by different coaches—Brama Traoré (2014), Drissa Traoré Malo (2018), and Seydou Zerbo (2021). Balboné will look to surpass their ...

The Stallions of Burkina Faso are set to make their fourth appearance in the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Nations Championship (CHAN), eager to break new ground in a tournament that has historically ...

Thousands of people gathered to celebrate one year since Burkina Faso's withdrawal from ECOWAS in Ouagadougou and across the country. The official launching of the Alliance of Sahel States was ...

The West African regional bloc ECOWAS has formally recognized the withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, after more than a year of diplomatic tensions. The latest development marks a ...

In late December, Burkina Faso passed a law granting amnesty to soldiers accused of a failed 2015 military coup, against then-president Michel Kafando. The country’s current military dictator ...

Burkina Faso’s military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, sparked controversy by attending the inauguration of Ghana’s new president, John Mahama, on Tuesday with a holstered pistol visibly ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are increasingly turning to Russia as an ally. The withdrawal "has become effective today," ECOWAS said in a statement. All three nations, which in September created ...

In June, seven Beninese troops were killed in an attack at the Pendjari National Park on the border with Burkina Faso. Beninese authorities, who rarely comment on attacks, reported in April 2023 about ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military juntas. Negotiations failed to change their minds. By Saikou Jammeh ...

French President Emmanuel Macron is “insulting all Africans," Burkina Faso President Capt. Ibrahim Traore has said, urging African nations to end military pacts with Paris. "(Macron) has ...

Thousands of people rallied Tuesday in Niger and Burkina Faso in support of the withdrawal of their countries from the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, which is due to take ...