"Henceforth homosexuality and associated practices will be punished by the law," Justice Minister Edasso Rodrigue Bayalawas quoted as saying by the AFP news agency. It makes the West African nation ...

Ahead of her 10 November court appearance on charges of incitement to violence, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla joined her father on a ...

The leader of Burkina Faso’s ruling junta has granted amnesty to 21 soldiers convicted for their roles in a failed coup attempt in 2015, according to an official decree obtained on Monday. Since ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — A Burkina Faso military court on Monday sentenced two generals to 20 and 10 years in jail for masterminding a 2015 coup attempt against the interim government. Gen.

Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, the leader of the military junta which seized control of Burkina Faso in a military coup d’etat earlier in the year, repeated a pledge to... A court in Ouagadougou ...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations human rights chief Friday condemned the coup d’état in Burkina Faso and called for the immediate release of the country’s transitional leaders.

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Thousands of people rallied in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou on Wednesday in support of the military junta after an alleged coup attempt and comments by an American official ...

Coup spokesman Capt. Kiswendsida Farouk Azaria Sorgho reads a statement in a studio in Ougadougou, Burkina Faso, on Friday evening, Sept. 30, 2022. [RTB via AP] More than a dozen soldiers seized ...

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - The leader of a short-lived coup in Burkina Faso, General Gilbert Diendere, was handed over to authorities on Thursday after seeking refuge in the Vatican embassy, sources in ...

Burkinabe presidential guard that seized power in Burkina Faso showed that Blaise Compaore, the deposed ruler of the fragile West African State is still influential since he dramatically went into ...

General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo, has revealed that President John Mahama privately expressed fears of a possible coup d’état in Ghana should he fail to deliver on his promises to the people.

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - The leader of a short-lived coup in Burkina Faso, General Gilbert Diendere, was handed over to authorities on Thursday after seeking refuge in the Vatican embassy, sources in ...