Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Burkina Faso ( ; ) – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa.
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Official says at least 30 people killed in ethnic clashes at Mali-Burkina Faso border.
...Four of the seven candidates in Burkina Faso's recent presidential election say they won't recognize the poll's results, claiming the vote was rigged.The opposition ...
Burkina Faso election commission says President Blaise Compaore re-elected by landslide.
An official from tiny Luxembourg says the country will invest a large sum in Burkina Faso to help alleviate poverty in the landlocked West African nation.Marie Josee...
Witnesses say police in and around Burkina Faso's capital shot into the air in the latest episode of unrest in the impoverished West African nation.A senior police o...
Witnesses say soldiers in Burkina Faso are shooting into the air, the latest in a string of episodes of unrest in the impoverished West African nation.Tassere Koanda...
The State Department warned Thursday that a group connected to al-Qaida's terror network in North Africa is planning to kidnap an American or another Westerner in no...
A military official says at least seven people, including a 14-year-old girl, had been killed during a mutiny by soldiers in Burkina Faso's second-largest city.Gen. ...
West Africa's regional bloc said Tuesday it will impose sanctions on those it finds responsible for allowing an attack on Mali's president at his office.Interim Pres...
This West African nation holds presidential elections Sunday, but only one man is expected to win: the same one who has ruled Burkina Faso for 23 years.President Bla...
Police in Burkina Faso said Saturday they will end their demonstrations, as government officials said six people have died in recent unrest in the impoverished West ...
This West African nation held a presidential election Sunday, but for many, the winner seemed a foregone conclusion.President Blaise Compaore, a 59-year-old former a...
Witnesses are reporting gunfire at an army barracks in the West African nation of Burkina Faso.The latest unrest erupted Saturday evening and continued early Sunday ...
The U.N. refugee agency is more than quadrupling its aid appeal for Africa's Sahel region to deal with a surge in the number of civilians fleeing conflict in Mali.Th...
At least 30 people from the Peul ethnic group were killed in clashes over land rights at the border between Burkina Faso and Mali this week, and as many as 1,000 oth...
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso -- Burkina Faso's state TV says students have burned down the ruling party headquarters and prime minister's house in a central city.Studen...
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — A strain of meningitis that has rarely caused big outbreaks in Africa has killed more than 700 people in Burkina Faso this year.Heal...
Burkina Faso says it has fired officials and closed schools indefinitely after student demonstrations left five people dead.A government statement Monday said the po...
Burkina Faso's government says it is closing public universities following weeks of violent protests over the death of a student.Last week the government closed scho...
Burkina Faso's president has named himself defense minister after a mutiny that threatened his 24-year rule in the impoverished country.President Blaise Compaore ann...
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