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    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      Burkina Faso orders French troops to leave the country

      Military junta says domestic forces will defend against Islamists amid claims of ties to Russia

    • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
      Burkina Faso latest to ‘hire Russian mercenaries’, Ghana alleges

      Akufo-Addo tells Blinken that Wagner Group has ‘entered into an arrangement’ with Ouagadougou to fight jihadist revolt

    • Sunday, 9 October, 2022
      News in-depthSahel
      Security forces struggle to cope with upsurge in Sahel jihadi violence

      Latest military takeover in Burkina Faso comes as region faces highest death toll for a decade

    • Sunday, 2 October, 2022
      Burkina Faso coup leader says ‘situation is under control’

      Army captain Ibrahim Traoré’s supporters take to the streets and attack French institutions

    • Friday, 30 September, 2022
      Africa
      Burkina Faso hit by second coup in eight months

      Army captain introduced on TV as new leader after escalating violence

    • Tuesday, 15 March, 2022
      Architecture
      Francis Kéré becomes first African architect to win Pritzker Prize

      Born in Burkina Faso, the Berlin-based laureate has built both innovative village schools and global prestige projects

    • Tuesday, 1 February, 2022
      Guinea-Bissau
      Attempted coup in Guinea-Bissau thwarted

      Heavy gunfire in capital marks latest instance of political instability in west Africa

    • Monday, 24 January, 2022
      Burkina Faso’s president overthrown in military coup

      Latest military takeover in west Africa in eight months as jihadist insurgency roils region

    • Friday, 20 August, 2021
      Suspected jihadis kill 80 in latest Burkina Faso attack

      Tri-border region close to Mali and Niger is at the centre of a violent insurgency roiling the Sahel region

    • Sunday, 27 June, 2021
      The Big Read
      Instability in the Sahel: how a jihadi gold rush is fuelling violence in Africa

      Armed groups vie for control of mines and the lucrative trade in the precious metal, which ends up being refined in Dubai

    • Thursday, 10 June, 2021
      Northern Africa
      France to cut back military operations in Sahel

      Macron says forces will focus on fight against Islamists filling void left by regional governments

    • Saturday, 5 June, 2021
      Gunmen kill 100 civilians in northern Burkina Faso

      The border region has become a locus of extremist activity, despite the presence of 5,000 French troops

    • Friday, 23 April, 2021
      Disease control and prevention
      Malaria vaccine trial raises hopes of beating disease

      Jab developed by University of Oxford team proves 77% effective in Burkina Faso mid-stage tests

    • Tuesday, 13 April, 2021
      Burkina Faso tribunal charges ex-president over Sankara murder

      Family of ‘Africa’s Che Guevara’ seeks return of Blaise Compaore from Ivory Coast exile

    • Tuesday, 30 March, 2021
      Mali
      French air strike in Mali killed civilians, UN concludes

      Report directly contradicts Paris claim that all dead in January 3 attack were jihadis

    • Wednesday, 29 January, 2020
      David Pilling
      Governments are failing in the fight against jihadis in the Sahel

      Landlocked Burkina Faso is home to the world’s fastest-growing Islamist insurgency

    • Thursday, 26 December, 2019
      Fresh killings in Burkina Faso after earlier jihadi attack

      Eleven soldiers die as nation mourns loss of 35 civilians on Christmas Eve

    • Wednesday, 4 December, 2019
      Centamin PLC
      Centamin warns Endeavour bid fraught with risks

      Gold miner says takeover would expose shareholders to worsening security situation in Burkina Faso

    • Monday, 11 November, 2019
      Terrorism
      West Africa’s Sahel moves to forefront of global war on terror

      Deadly attacks increase fear of terrorism and insecurity in the impoverished region

    • Thursday, 7 November, 2019
      Deadly ambush of mining convoy shocks Burkina Faso

      Ruling party calls for state of emergency after 37 killed in jihadi gun attack

    • Sunday, 23 June, 2019
      Africa
      Jihadi threat spreading across west Africa, Togo leader warns

      Faure Gnassingbé says ‘devastating’ impact if extremists are not contained

    • Saturday, 19 January, 2019
      Burkina Faso’s prime minister and entire cabinet quit

      Surge in Islamist attacks takes toll on west African nation

    • Tuesday, 30 October, 2018
      House & Home
      A view from Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

      An insider’s guide to the city by photographer Sanlé Sory

    • Friday, 20 July, 2018
      Health
      FT Health: Drug resistance, pandemics and the vaccination gap

      New report reveals that fewer than 100 countries have a plan in place to stop overuse of antibiotics

    • Thursday, 24 May, 2018
      US politics & policy
      Taiwan hits out at Beijing after losing another ally
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