Burkina Faso's military junta has dissolved all the political parties in the country and scrapped the laws governing them, ...

The multiparty system had been "promoting division among citizens", the country's interior minister said.

In an effort to consolidate and verticalise power, Ibrahim Traoré – himself the target of several attempted coups – has ...

It’s the latest of several measures that rights groups say are shrinking the civic space in the Sahel nation.

Burkina Faso's military rulers have banned all political parties, deepening concerns about the country’s democratic future nearly ...

Burkina Faso has been under military rule since Traore led a coup in September 2022, the second putsch that year. The government has repeatedly cited the country’s deteriorating security situation — ...

Burkina Faso said this month it had foiled an assassination attempt on military leader Captain Ibrahim Traore, but analysts -- sceptical after a long series of increasingly unbelievable plots -- ...

Togolese authorities have extradited Burkina Faso's former leader, Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, following a request by Burkina ...

Burkina Faso’s ruling military authorities have formally wiped the political slate clean, dissolving all political parties ...

Burkina Faso has taken a decisive step toward developing nuclear energy by officially acceding to the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage. Unanimously approved by the Transitional ...

Burkina Faso’s military-led government has officially dissolved all political parties and scrapped the legal framework that regulated them, a decree confirmed by the country’s council ...

The military-led government of Burkina Faso has formally dissolved all political parties and formations across the country, ...