[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Burkina Faso-born architect Diebedo Francis Kere has become the first African to win the Pritzker Prize, architecture's most prestigious honour, in its more than 40-year history.

[Pritzker Prize] Diébédo Francis Kéré, architect, educator and social activist, has been selected as the 2022 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, announced Tom Pritzker, Chairman of The Hyatt Foundation, which sponsors the award that is ...

[VOA] Ivory Coast -- Aid groups say the number of people displaced by conflict in Burkina Faso in January spiked to 160,000, bringing the total displaced in the country to 1.7 million. The aid groups worry the crisis stemming from Russia's invasion o...

[allAfrica] The new leader of Burkina Faso, Colonel Paul Henri Damiba appointed his new cabinet on March 5, 2022. Among the appointees is Albert Ouédraogo, who is the country's new prime minister.

[VOA] Southwest Burkina Faso -- Burkina Faso's six-year conflict with terrorist groups has spread to the southwest of the country and is beginning to spill into neighboring countries. The conflict is also sparking accusations of human rights abuses.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Ouagadougou/Burkina Faso -- A national conference in Burkina Faso has adopted a charter that will allow a junta that seized power in the West African state in January to lead a 3-year transition, a Reuters reporter said.

[RFI] The head of Burkina Faso's junta, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, signed a charter on Tuesday, putting in place a three-year transition period before the country holds elections. The text was signed a little over a month after he...

[USIP] Washington, DC -- Five military coups around the Sahel show the U.S. needs better policies. Here are three first steps.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- State television is reporting that at least 60 people were killed and many more injured in an explosion at an informal gold mining site in Burkina Faso.

[DW] Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was sworn in three weeks after leading a coup that toppled the government. Observers and neighbors have remained concerned but reserved about the developments.

[RFI] Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was sworn in as Burkina Faso's new president Wednesday, just over three weeks after he led a coup to topple the elected head of state Roch Marc Christian Kabore.

[DW] France's armed forces say 40 militants have been killed during an operation in Burkina Faso. The targeted group is believed to be responsible for deadly attacks in Benin.