Burkina Faso has officially signed the final administrative document of a historic intergovernmental nuclear deal with Russia, taking a significant step forward in its quest for nuclear energy.

Ibrahim Traoré, Burkina Faso’s leader, counts admirers from Nairobi to Jamaica and London. Russia is also courting him.

Russia's Defence Minister Andrei Belousov and prime minister of Burkina Faso, Apollinaire J. Kyelem de Tambela, discussed in Moscow expanding military ties, the Russian defence ministry said on ...

Burkina Faso is many things. The country is considered to be the epicenter of global terrorism today. It is ranked number one ...

Burkina Faso's foreign minister praised cooperation with Russia on November 9 as "suiting" his country better than its historic ties with France. Following a 2022 military coup, Burkina Faso's new ...

Supporters of Burkina Faso's military government leader, Ibrahim Traore, hold the national flags of Burkina Faso and Russia during a demonstration in Ouagadougou on October 6, 2022.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, welcomes Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traore for the talks in the Grand Palace at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on May 10, 2025.

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — The morning after the coup in Burkina Faso, ... The sudden clamor for Moscow’s help was a further sign of how Islamist violence across the Sahel, ...

Burkina Faso was a French colony for the first half of the 20th Century, ... Moscow's narrative blasting neocolonialism and Western hegemony resonates strongly with many leaders on the continent.

Burkina Faso's Mining Minister Simon-Pierre Boussim poses for a photo, after speaking to Reuters, before the start of the 2023 Mining Indaba in Cape Town, South Africa, February 5, 2023.

Moscow dismissed claims Thursday that Russian mercenary group Wagner is operating in Burkina Faso, while committing to strengthen its ties to the West African nation plagued by jihadist violence.