There are more than 600 active artisanal gold mining sites and more than one million people who make a direct living from this activity, producing around 10 tonnes of gold every year, with benefits but also detrimental effects on people

Burkina Faso joined the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage, setting a legal framework regulating civil liability in case of nuclear damage and taking a step forward in its plans to build a nuclear reactor

Burkina Faso football federation sacked coach of national team Brama Traore and all of his staff a week after the team was eliminated from the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations at the last-16 game against defending champions Cote d'Ivoire

Amid heightened political tensions, authorities say they have thwarted a new coup attempt; the alleged plot was reportedly uncovered on 3 January before it would be carried out, according to official sources that disclosed the information

The construction ofBurkina Faso's first expressway has been inaugurated by ruler Captain Ibrahim Traore; approximately 332 km long, it will connect the capital Ouagadougou with Bobo Dioulasso in the country's south-west, a push in modernization