Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso has restored the death penalty eight years after abolishing capital punishment for ordinary crimes, following the unanimous adoption of a new Penal Code by the country's transitional legislature.

Burkina Faso has inaugurated its first gold refinery, with President Ibrahim Traoré declaring that the West African country must move beyond extracting its mineral resources and develop the entire value chain locally.

January 30, (THEWILL) — Burkina Faso’s military-led government has dissolved all political parties in the country, repealing existing laws governing their formation and operation, in a move widely seen as a significant setback for democratic governance. The decision was announced...

January 06, (THEWILL) — Defending champions, Ivory Coast, advanced to the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals with a comprehensive victory over Burkina Faso at Stade de Marrakech. The 3-0 triumph sets up a last-eight meeting with Egypt for the...

December 28, (THEWILL) — Algeria have confirmed their progression to the knockout phase of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations following a narrow 1-0 triumph against Burkina Faso in Sunday's Group E encounter in Rabat. The North Africans now...

December 24, (THEWILL) — Burkina Faso completed a remarkable comeback against Equatorial Guinea at the Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2025, scoring twice deep into stoppage time to take a 2-1 victory at the Mohammed V Stadium in Casablanca...

December 21, (THEWILL) — When a Nigerian Air Force C-130 Hercules made an emergency landing in Burkina Faso on December 8, citing mechanical trouble and fuel shortage, the crew of eleven expected a routine technical stopover. Instead, they found...

December 18, (THEWILL) — Burkina Faso has released 11 personnel of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) nine days after their detention, following intensive diplomatic engagements between the governments of Nigeria and Burkina Faso. THEWILL had reported escalating tensions between the...

October 08, (THEWILL) — Three years after taking power, Traoré's populist showmanship and defiant rhetoric mask a grim reality of insecurity, poverty, and political isolation — far from the Sankarist revival he promises. Three years after seizing power, Burkina Faso’s...

November 15, (THEWILL) - Senegal maintained their dominant position in Group L of the African Cup of Nations qualifying campaign with a narrow 1-0 victory against Burkina Faso at the Stade du 26 Mars in Bamako, Mali, on Thursday...