Burkina Faso’s military government under Ibrahim Traore is tightening state control over the country’s multi-billion-dollar gold industry, reshaping ownership and reducing foreign dominance in the ...

Traoré, who seized power after ousting interim President Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba in a coup d'état in September 2022, has been enjoying some positive reviews on social media recently. Admirers have ...

Last week, Captain Ibrahim Traore’s popularity soared worldwide when he donated his entire salary towards the upkeep of orphans, street children, single mothers, and widows in Burkina Faso. During a ...

When Burkina Faso's junta leader Ibrahim Traore called for democracy in Africa to be "forgotten," it was more than a ...

DAKAR (Reuters) - As a heavily armed convoy drove through a cheering crowd in Burkina Faso's capital on Sunday morning, the boyish face of the country's latest military ruler, Captain Ibrahim Traore, ...

Ibrahim Traoré, who took power in 2022 coup, tells state broadcaster ‘we must tell the truth, democracy isn’t for us’ People in Burkina Faso should forget about democracy as it is “not for us”, the ...

Caught between ambitions for a unified force and national realities, the Alliance of Sahel States is undergoing its first major test. The handling of the Malian crisis has laid bare the operational ...

The face of Captain Ibrahim Traoré has been beaming across social media feeds throughout West Africa and from posters and placards hoisted in the streets of Burkina Faso‘s capital Ouagadougou, London ...