Teenager Traore, 16, heads to Nations Cup with Burkina Faso

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 11, 2012, 18:03

Chelsea`s 16-year-old prodigy Bertrand Traore, yet to play a senior club match, was named in Burkina Faso`s African Nations Cup squad on Wednesday.

Namibia`s Nations Cup protest is rejected

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 22:52

Namibia have lost their attempt to replace Burkina Faso at the African Nations Cup after sport`s highest tribunal rejected their protest that the West Africans had fielded an ineligible player against them.

Burkina Faso lifts curfew imposed after unrest

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 17, 2011, 10:41

Authorities in Burkina Faso lifted a month-old curfew imposed on the capital Ouagadougou after mutinous soldiers went on a rampage.

Police in new mutiny in Burkina Faso

Last Updated: Thursday, April 28, 2011, 08:05

Shots were heard from a barracks of the Republican Security Company.

Soldiers rampage over pay in southern Burkina Faso

Last Updated: Monday, April 18, 2011, 12:07

The mutinies have erupted sporadically in parts of Burkina Faso for weeks.

Burkina Faso traders riot over Army looting

Last Updated: Sunday, April 17, 2011, 08:49

Ex-colonial ruler France warned its citizens not to travel to Burkina Faso.

Burkina Faso leader dissolves government amid mutiny

Last Updated: Saturday, April 16, 2011, 10:40

Blaise Compaore was re-elected in November with more than 80 percent of vote.

Burkina Faso: President `leaves` capital amid mutiny

Last Updated: Friday, April 15, 2011, 16:08

A mutiny wastaged by members of Compaore`s personal guard and other soldiers.

Shots fired inside Burkina Faso presidential compound

Last Updated: Friday, April 15, 2011, 08:52

The shots came from the barracks of the elite presidential guard.

Burkina Faso votes in Presidential Election

Last Updated: Sunday, November 21, 2010, 14:32

Just over 3 mn of Burkina Faso`s 16 million people are registered to vote.

Guinea`s Camara in Burkina Faso to convalesce

Last Updated: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 12:58

Guinean military junta chief Captain Moussa Dadis Camara is in Burkina Faso to convalesce following a December assassination attempt and meet with the man who is serving as his country`s interim leader, a report said.