Traore is taking advantage of a fear of the West. The French have looked down on their black West African for generations.

In the dusty streets of Ouagadougou and across the black soil of Africa, a new leader has risen—one not groomed in Parisian ...

The Army will close two specialized units that train allied forces, in order to shuffle experienced soldiers to traditional ...

Traorephytes even invent videos of Rihanna and R Kelly (imprisoned since 2021) serenading the Burkinabe leader with hit songs ...

Burkinabe leader Ibrahim Traoré is acting like a rock star. It’s not entirely his fault. He’s receiving a lot of help from dozens of social media users, especially TikTokers, who are desperate to ...

War can be a potent catalyst for social change back home, WWII also taught us. New technologies like jets, computers, ...

About 40% of Burkina Faso is under the control of groups linked to al-Qaeda and Islamic State operating in West Africa’s ...

The Nigerian police have rejected the Indigenous People of Biafra’s (IPOB) planned sit-at-home order on May 30, 2025, across ...

China’s efforts to buy influence in Africa through infrastructure and investment may not yield the returns Beijing hopes for, ...