[MFWA] This report examines the state of press freedom and freedom of expression in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Guinea, four West African countries under military-led governments that have experienced coups since 2021.

[Daily Trust] Coach Abdul Maikaba has blamed Nigeria's Flying Eagles' heavy 4-1 defeat to Burkina Faso in the final of the 2026 WAFU Zone B U-20 Championship on the three early goals conceded by his side.

[Premium Times] It was a tough afternoon for the defending champions, who were undone by a blistering first-half display from the Young Stallions.

[IPS] London -- Burkina Faso's charismatic young military leader, army captain Ibrahim Traoré, has stopped pretending. In April, he declared that people should 'forget about the question of democracy' because 'democracy isn't for us'. When Traor...

[Scrolla] Thembi Kgatlana's first-half goal was enough to send defending champions South Africa into the quarter-finals of the CAF Women's Africa Cup of Nations.

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[RFI] Burkina Faso head coach Pascal Sawadogo urged his players to seize their chance to make footballing history by eliminating 2022 champions South Africa and qualifying for the knockout stages of the Women's Africa Cup of Nations for the first tim...

[RFI] Burkina Faso has been added to the watchlist of human rights monitoring NGO Civicus, with the country's military authorities drastically escalating restrictions on civil society and intensifying reprisals against its critics in recent months.

[ISS] Armed groups' evolving tactics and alliances will test the resolve of West African countries to cooperate with AES states.

[Premium Times] The vehicles were seized at separate gunpoints in Abuja.

[CAF] Côte d'Ivoire made a powerful return to the TotalEnergies CAF Women's Africa Cup of Nations with a 4-1 victory over Burkina Faso in their Group B opener at the Larbi Zaouli Stadium in Casablanca on Monday night.

[Vanguard] Ibrahim Traore, the head of Burkina Faso's military junta, sought last week to stamp out speculation of a power struggle at the highest levels of government, warning he intended to remain the west African country's only leader.