The Festival of Cultural Identities, organized by the Cinéma Numérique Ambulant, has announced the 24 films selected for the 4th edition, which will be held from 30 October to 06 November 2021 in Ouagadougou to promote and safeguard cultural wealth

The ruling military junta in Burkina Faso, through an official communication from the Ministry of Security signed by Minister Mahamadou Sana, denounced a new, foiled destabilisation attempt allegedly carried out by ex-military and terrorist groups

Relatives of the victims of an attack that claimed hundreds of lives in August accused the head of the country's junta, Captain Ibrahim Traore, of being responsible for the tragedy

A ban on street begging has been in place for a few days and a police operation is underway in several cities across the country to remove beggars from the streets

Human Rights Watch condemned the military authorities' use of the Emergency Law to illegally conscript magistrates who opened legal proceedings against junta supporters