Tension is mounting after an attempted coup in Burkina Faso. Officials say a plot to overthrow Capt Ibrahim Traoré has been foiled.

In response, the authorities have adopted a budget for 2025 aiming to accelerate Burkina Faso’s convergence of the overall fiscal ... Aboubakar Nacanabo; the BCEAO National Director, M. Armand Badiel; ...

Burkina Faso's military junta claimed Monday to have foiled a "major plot in the making" aimed at "sowing total chaos", saying it believed the masterminds were in neighbouring Ivory Coast.

April 25 (Reuters) - Burkina Faso has granted an industrial mining licence to Russian miner Nordgold for a gold project, the military-led West African government said, aiming to capitalise on ...