Burkina Faso President Roch Kabore has been detained at a military camp by mutinying soldiers, four security sources and a West African diplomat said on Monday, following heavy gunfire around his ...

Burkina Faso's president Roch Kabore has been reportedly detained by mutinying soldiers following reports of heavy gunfire at his residence on Sunday night. David Doyle has more.

His whereabouts are unclear, but the officer said that all those detained were in a secure location. The coup comes a day after troops seized barracks, and gunshots were heard in the capital ...

President Roch Kaboré's whereabouts are unclear amid conflicting reports on whether he has been detained by dissident forces. Gunfire was heard overnight near the presidential palace and at ...

The country's defense minister said that President Roch Marc Christian Kabore hadn't been detained. The gunfire comes a day after protesters demanded his resignation at a demonstration in Ouagadougou.

Kabore remains detained, despite calls from ECOWAS and others for his release. "We have engaged them. And they have shown interest that they want to work with ECOWAS towards the restoration of ...

More than 2,000 people have died and almost two million fled their homes. Mutinous troops, angered at mounting losses, ousted elected president Roch Marc Christian Kabore in January. The new strongman ...

About a dozen soldiers were detained earlier this month and accused of conspiring against the government. There have been months of protests in Burkina Faso demanding the resignation of President Roch ...

Can't do anything' Adding to the unease, President Roch Marc Christian Kabore has refused to address the surge in attacks, declining to appear alongside Le Drian for a press briefing after their ...

On April 6, 2022, a military tribunal in Burkina Faso found 11 men, including the former president, Blaise Compaoré, guilty of “attacks on state security, complicity in murder and concealment of a ...