Oct 21 (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's parliament adopted ⁠a ⁠revised penal code ⁠on Tuesday that restores the death penalty, nearly ​a decade after the West African country abolished capital punishment, ...

Burkina Faso has opened its first gold refinery as the military-led government seeks to process more of the country's mineral wealth at home and tighten its control over one of its most important ...

Three junta-ruled Sahel states – Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso – on Saturday resumed dialogue with the ECOWAS regional bloc, ...

The development ends the abolition of the death penalty, which had been in effect since 2018 under the previous and democratically elected president, Roch Marc Christian Kabore. The last known ...

The last recorded execution in Burkina Faso took place in 1988. The decision marks a significant shift in the country’s ...

2024 saw Africa deepen its ties with Russia, as more countries broke their Western partnerships, expelled troops, fined and delicensed businesses involved in exploiting natural resources, CNN reported ...

Argentina delivered another dominant and attacking performance, thrashing Burkina Faso 7-0. The Albiceleste produced an emphatic display for their home supporters at the Estadio Monumental early ...

He is demanding a private jet ...

Despite being a major producer of cotton and gold, this landlocked country remains among the world’s poorest. With about 80% of the population engaged in subsistence farming, its economy is ...

The BF is as much an industrial design showcase as it is a photographic tool. Where most cameras are built up around an internal chassis (typically magnesium alloy), Sigma instead opts for aluminum ...