A civil society group, Rescue Movement for New Nigeria, has criticised the federal government over the detention of a ...

Security expert, Zagazola Makama, has sharply criticised the seizure of a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) C-130 Hercules aircraft ...

DAKAR, Senegal -- A Nigerian Air Force plane made an emergency landing in Burkina Faso late Monday due to an in-flight ...

Like its neighbor Mali, Burkina Faso also witnessed two successive coups. In January 2022, Roch Kaboré was ousted by Lt. Col.

Abuja / Ouagadougou Eleven Nigerian military personnel remain in Burkina Faso following a controversial emergency landing of ...

Mr Tuggar also noted that the Air Force aircraft landing in Burkina Faso had nothing to do with Nigeria’s intervention in the recent military coup in Benin.

The Nigerian government is making an effort to release the country’s military aircraft C1-30 carrying two crew members and ...

Burkina Faso military officers responsible for the January 2022 coup should ensure the protection of human rights and a swift transition to democratic rule, Human Rights Watch said today. The ...

Burkina Faso's Council of Ministers has adopted a bill to reinstate the death penalty, targeting crimes like treason, ...

Burkina Faso has released the eleven Nigerian military officers who were detained after their Air Force transport aircraft ...

Burkina Faso's coup leader said Tuesday he would abide by a deal reached with top African mediators, but warned his men would defend themselves if attacked after the army entered the capital. General ...

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - The leader of a short-lived coup in Burkina Faso, General Gilbert Diendere, was handed over to authorities on Thursday after seeking refuge in the Vatican embassy, sources in ...