Burkina Faso has an outstanding external debt estimated at more than $10 billion. Additionally, it owes China an unknown amount of money. A vast majority of its mining fields are owned by French, Russian,

Niger’s defense minister says the junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force that will soon be deployed in the restive Sahel region against rising extremist violence.

The four Moroccan drivers who went missing between Burkina Faso and Niger last Saturday have been located and are on their way to the Moroccan embassy in Niger, according to information obtained by Hespress.

The junta-led governments of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have established a joint military force aimed at addressing the escalating extremist violence in the Sahel region, according to a statement released on Wednesday by Niger’s defense minister.

Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso, is the heartland of traditional textile weaving. Here, the streets are dotted with workshops where artisans, or moogos, as they're locally known, weave intricate designs using the same methods their ancestors did.

Three trucks, one carrying a spare driver, disappeared as they drove without an escort from Dori in Burkina Faso to Tera in Niger, an area known for jihadi threats, a diplomatic source says

CASABLANCA, Morocco — Four Moroccan truck drivers who were kidnapped in West Africa over the weekend were released in Niger, officials said.

Members of the French DGSE were 'held hostage' for a year in Ouagadougou, accused of espionage by putsch leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré. It took bitter negotiations and the decisive intervention of Morocco to secure their release.

Burkina Faso Joins Chad, Senegal in Criticising Macron’s Comments on Africa | Firstpost Africa Burkina Faso has joined Chad and Senegal in vociferously criticising French President Emmanuel Macron’s comments last week on Africa.

Ibrahim Traore hits back at French president saying that African leaders had ‘forgotten to say thank you" to Paris for ‘helping to combat’ insurgencies - Anadolu Ajansı

The presence of Burkina Faso’s military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, at the inauguration of Ghanaian President John Mahama has sparked intense public outrage and debate.

Four Moroccan truck drivers went missing on Saturday as they crossed the restive border area between Burkina Faso and Niger, according to a source from the Moroccan embassy in Burkina Faso and a Moroccan transport union.