Burkina Faso’s junta leader Capt. Ibrahim Traore has sparked a social media debate, with some in Africa praising him and others criticizing him.

Human Rights Watch says at least 100 civilians in Burkina Faso were killed by government forces near the town of Solenzo in the western Boucle du Mouhoun region in an attack in March.

Burkina Faso's junta says the country’s intelligence and security services have foiled a coup attempt.

Months after hundreds of French troops left Burkina Faso, ousted by the ruling military junta, speculation is mounting that the war-torn nation will fill the void with fighters from Russia’s shadowy mercenary outfit, the Wagner Group.

France’s foreign ministry says French troops deployed to fight extremists in Burkina Faso will withdraw within a month following a demand by the country’s military rulers — which came after a similar move from neighboring Mali.

A rights group in Burkina Faso has charged that volunteer militia groups supporting the army have killed dozens of civilians of the ethnic Fulani group, including children, in the troubled country’s west.

Questions are swirling in Burkina Faso about what role Russia may have played in the West African nation's second coup this year.

Protesters are gathering in Burkina Faso's capital where West African regional mediators are stepping up pressure on the country's new junta.

Burkina Faso's new junta leader says the military still hopes to hold a new election by 2024.

Mediators in the West African nation of Burkina Faso say ousted coup leader Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba has agreed to resign so long as his security and other conditions are met.

Protesters in Burkina Faso's capital have attacked the French Embassy after the military junta in charge accused France of sheltering the ousted interim president.