Burkina Faso’s military government has ordered the dissolution of more than 100 associations and civil society groups – which rights groups are calling an “attack” on basic rights. It is the latest ...

Burkina Faso's junta leader Ibrahim Traore rejects democracy, while a new alliance in exile pushes for its return — but Traore holds the advantage. It is striking who is not meant to be part of ...

Shares of alcohol company Brown-Forman (NYSE:BF.B) jumped 15.1% in the afternoon session after reports surfaced that Sazerac, the maker of Buffalo Trace, approached the company about a potential ...

On Saturday, 28 March 2026, hundreds of Ghanaian women gathered at the University of Ghana Stadium in Legon for what had originally been announced as the Celebration of Life of Daddy Lumba. By the ...

Burkina Faso’s military leader, who seized power in a coup in September 2022, told journalists that “people need to ‌forget about democracy” and that “democracy kills”, the latest sign he aims to rule ...

Ibrahim Traoré, who took power in 2022 coup, tells state broadcaster ‘we must tell the truth, democracy isn’t for us’ People in Burkina Faso should forget about democracy as it is “not for us”, the ...

Burkina Faso’s military leader, Ibrahim Traore, says that people need to “forget” about democracy, just three months after his government dissolved all political parties in the West African nation.

More than 1,800 civilians have been killed in violence-wracked Burkina Faso since 2023, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Thursday that accuses the army and civilian militias of killing ...

Alberta musician Corb Lund is making appearances at more than a dozen events from Friday to Sunday as his petition campaign to ban new coal mining kicks up a gear. Lund said he’ll attend 14 events ...

Human Rights Watch says Burkina Faso's security forces and allied militias "appear to be more brutal and violent" than militant groups. The Fulani ethnic group has reportedly been one of the targets.

Andersen Windows & Doors made Jay Lund a job offer just a few years after he earned a political science degree in 1981 from St. Olaf College. Nobody could have predicted that Lund would become CEO of ...