Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso is the first country to announce its final 27-man squad for AFCON 2023 after coach Hubert Velud named the players who will represent the country at the Total Energies Africa Cup of Nations

French will no longer be the official language of Burkina Faso: the decision is part of the military junta's project to revise the constitution

The country lost almost 47,5% of its forests between 1992 and 2014, according to a study conducted in 2022; another study conducted in 2018 showed that there were almost 15.600 square kilometres of degraded land in the country

The construction of the first refinery for gold, the country's main mineral resource, has started, with a production capacity of about 400 kilograms of gold per day, according to Ismael Siby, managing director of Marena Gold, co-manager of the refinery

Burkina Faso is among the countries that will receive a free grain shipment from Russia, with a ship to the country that has already sailed

The Vice-President of the Transitional Legislative Assembly of Burkina Faso praised HM King Mohammed VI's proposal to launch an international initiative to promote the access of Sahel States to the Atlantic Ocean

The Charles de Gaulle Avenue in Ouagadougou was renamed Thomas Sankara Avenue, officially elevating the ex-president to "Hero of the Nation" during the ceremony

The military leaders of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger signed a mutual defence pact, the Liptako-Gourma Charter establishing the Alliance of Sahel States

Acting President Traore held talks with a Russian delegation in a meeting that included discussions on possible military cooperation; relations between the two countries have been in the spotlight since the country ousted French troops in February

Hugues Fabrice Zango made history yesterday by winning his nation's first gold medal at the World Athletics Championships with victory in the triple jump, leaping 17,64 meters