Ibrahim Traoré, Burkina Faso’s leader, counts admirers from Nairobi to Jamaica and London. Russia is also courting him.

Following consultation with the Council of State, President John Dramani Mahama has nominated 15 individuals for appointment ...

The Ministry of Education has expressed profound sorrow over the tragic drowning of seven students from Lawra Senior High School, whose lives were lost when a canoe capsized on the Black Volta River ...

A former French colony, the country now called Burkina Faso (“Land of Honorable People”) declared independence in 1958 as the Republic of Upper Volta. After a series of leaders, Sankara, a 33-year-old ...

The Volta Region’s representative on the Council of State, Gabriel Kwamigah Atokple Tanko, has praised Republic Bank Ghana for its demonstrable commitment to regional development, particularly ...

Home; Industry; Trade; UAE, Republic of Congo sign CEPA to advance ties. Under the agreement, tariffs will be eliminated over five years on 99.5 per cent of UAE export lines and 98 per cent of ...

The complete list of those selected to the 9th Council of State, which serves as a crucial advisory body to the President of the Republic of Ghana, has been made public by the government.

The horizontal black, white and red stripes of Upper Volta stand, appropriately enough, for the three rivers called the Black, ... were summed up by an official of the Malagasy Republic.

Historical tensions and the rise of extremism. Burkina Faso has always had a history of political instability. A series of military coups have marked the country’s history since it won independence ...

A three-man delegation from the Republic of Upper Volta is now visiting Israel. The delegation, made up of three Cabinet ministers, is studying methods of agriculture, afforestation, cooperatives ...