Burkina Faso Bound

Foreign ministers from three West African countries that have undergone military coups called for their reinstatement into two key regional blocs on Thursday following a trip to the region by Russian envoy Sergei Lavrov. The top diplomats of Mali, Guinea and Burkina...

Foreign ministers from three West African countries that have undergone military coups met in Burkina Faso on Thursday on the heels of a trip to the region by Russian envoy Sergei Lavrov.  The talks brought together ministers from Mali, Guinea and Burkina -- countries...

Ten people were killed when a makeshift gold mine collapsed in western Burkina Faso, a miners' association said on Thursday. "In the early hours of February 8, miners... were trapped" near the town of Hounde, according to Abasse Derra, an official with the local gold...

At least 18 people have been killed in two attacks in Burkina Faso, sources briefed on the incidents told AFP on Sunday, as violence rages in the Sahel nation. The country faces a jihadist insurgency that swept in from neighbouring Mali in 2015, with thousands of...