An army captain in Burkina Faso has announced on national television that he has ousted military leader Lt Col Paul-Henri Damiba. Ibrahim Traore cited Lt Col Damiba's inability to deal with an ...

President Paul-Henri-Damiba has conditionally resigned following a coup in Burkina Faso on Friday and is reported to have left the country. David Doyle has more.

The military government of Burkina Faso has demanded the departure of French ... Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba was installed as the West African country’s new leader.

Burkina Faso has ordered the UN's coordinator in the country to leave by the end of the day, declaring her "persona non grata", the foreign ministry said Friday. Italian diplomat Barbara Manzi ...

Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba, leader of the military junta that overthrew Burkina Faso's president in January, is sworn in as head of state during a ceremony in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso ...

Burkina Faso's junta-led government has asked France ... Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, is the new strongman. He promises "a timetable for a return to constitutional order" within ...

The remains of late Burkina Faso President Thomas Sankara are to be buried where a memorial to him already stands, but his family is boycotting the ceremony and says the site is "inadequate for ...

An aerial view shows a camp for internally displaced people in Djibo, Burkina Faso, May 26 ... Col. Paul Henri Damiba, was sworn in as president, and on March 5, appointed a transitional government.