OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Polls closed in Burkina Faso on Sunday after a presidential and parliamentary election dominated by the threat of Islamist violence that prevented voting in hundreds of ...

Burkina Faso's Blaise Compaore was ousted from presidency by mass protests in 2014 [PHOTO:Courtesy] Burkina Faso will hold presidential and legislative elections on Oct. 11, a year after the West ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Fears of attacks by extremists prevented voting in many parts of Burkina Faso on Sunday, as the country went to the polls for presidential and legislative elections ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Fears of attacks by extremists prevented voting in many parts of Burkina Faso on Sunday, as the country went to the polls for presidential and legislative elections ...

Burkina Faso coup leader Ibrahim Traore announced Friday that there would be no elections in the country until security concerns were addressed. Traore previously promised elections would be ...

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President Buhari wished Kabore a successful tenure particularly in his service to the people of Burkina Faso and to the global community in general. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on ...

Residents of a nearby village found explosives that belonged to the attackers, said the government, which had earlier blamed leaders of the failed coup for the attack. Burkina Faso's government on ...

Burkina Faso's prime minister said Tuesday that no elections could be held while attacks by jihadist insurgents continue, appearing to put into doubt a return to civilian rule by the country's ...

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