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DAKAR, Senegal — Burkina Faso’s military rulers have dissolved the country’s independent electoral commission, authorities ...

Burkina Faso's military rulers have disbanded the country's electoral commission calling it a waste of money. The interior ...

Burkina Faso's junta said it had uncovered an international plot to overthrow it and which included ... The junta came to power in a 2022 coup pledging to beat back jihadists who have ravaged the ...

Burkina Faso's junta has announced plans to scrap its Independent National Electoral Commission, citing high costs and ...

Burkina Faso has dissolved the national electoral commission (CENI), citing sovereignty concerns. The military government ...

Burkina Faso’s President Ibrahim Traoré has reportedly ordered the apprehension of the alleged mastermind behind a failed ...

Alex Vines, the director of the Africa Programme at Chatham House think tank, says the influencers are attempting to sow ...

Burkina Faso Coup Leader to Hand Over Power in Two Years Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, the leader of the military junta which seized control of Burkina Faso in a military coup d’etat ...

Burkina Faso coup leader Ibrahim Traore announced Friday that there would be no elections in the country until security concerns were addressed. Traore previously promised elections would be ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Thousands of people rallied in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou on Wednesday in support of the military junta after an alleged coup attempt and comments by an American ...

Four army officers were arrested in Burkina Faso, a military prosecutor said, a day after the country’s ruling military junta announced it had thwarted a coup attempt.