CIVICUS placed Burkina Faso on its watchlist after leader Ibrahim Traoré's regime dissolved political parties, suspended ...

Traore’s sovereignty message has won support across Africa, but his record at home faces scrutiny.

Ibrahim Traore, the head of Burkina Faso's military junta, sought last week to stamp out speculation of a power struggle at the highest levels of government, warning he intended to remain the west ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — As news emerged this week about hundreds of Burkina Faso citizens killed separately by both jihadi groups and government forces, images of Burkina Faso’s junta leader Capt. Ibrahim ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. At 34, Ibrahim Traoré seized global attention by toppling Burkina ...

When former president Jacob Zuma met Burkina Faso’s coup leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, last week, he did more than pose for a symbolic photograph. Burkina Faso leader Ibrahim Traoré addresses a ...

Ivorian authorities are getting impatient as joint operations with the Burkinabe army are slow to resume. Abidjan wants to step up the exchange of information and once again pressed Ouagadougou on the ...

France and Burkina Faso have severed diplomatic relations, marking the latest stage in the rapid collapse of Paris’ influence across the Sahel and underscoring the growing alignment of military-led ...

Beneath the ideological bluster, Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré is just the latest in a long line of African martial impostors. Burkina Faso’s military leader Ibrahim Traoré attends John Dramani Mahama ...