Burkina Faso

January 30, (THEWILL) - The Malian national football team has advanced to the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament for the first time in over a decade, defeating Burkina Faso 2-1 in a hard-fought match. A...

January 28, (THEWILL) - The military regimes in Mali, Niger Republic and Burkina Faso, have announced the immediate withdrawal of their membership from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in protest of their suspension from the regional...

January 16, (THEWILL) - Burkina Faso left it late to earn a 1-0 victory over tournament debutants Mauritania in their opening Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) group stage match played at the Stade de la Paix in Bouake on...

September 28, (THEWILL) - The military junta in Burkina Faso said its security and intelligence services, on Tuesday, foiled an attempted coup. A statement by the junta said arrests have been made, while manhunt has begun for other collaborators. The statement...

May 11, (THEWILL) - Burkina Faso pulled off a stunning 2-1 victory over Nigeria at the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Algiers, on Thursday, to secure a place in the semi-finals of the TotalEnergies Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations. Aboubacar...

February 06, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his condolences over the murder of a number of Nigerian Muslim pilgrims on their way to Kaolak, Senegal, when the buses conveying them came under gun attack in Burkina Faso. While...