DAKAR, July 2 (Reuters) - Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have initiated a year-long process of withdrawing from the ...

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

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

Burkina Faso's military government has severed diplomatic ties with France, its former colonial ruler and key security ...

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

France has condemned Burkina Faso's decision to unilaterally sever the two countries’ diplomatic relations, describing the move as "hostile and baseless" while warning that reciprocal measures are ...

Anti-French sentiment runs high in some former African colonies as the continent becomes a renewed diplomatic battleground.

Burkina Faso's authorities have failed to account for the whereabouts of journalist Atiana Serge Oulon two years after state security forces forcibly disappeared him, a coalition of rights groups ...

BAMAKO — Burkina Faso’s armed forces on Wednesday claimed they repelled coordinated attacks by armed groups on several military positions on June 30, killing more than 400 attackers during ...

Military accuses France of backing the armed groups after cutting diplomatic ties, but provides no evidence for the claim.

After months of silence from Burkina Faso’s military junta, the United Nations Human Rights Office announced on June 30 that ...

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