Burkina Faso

Niger coup leaders willing to resolve standoff with ECOWAS

Aug 14, 2023

Coup leaders in Niger have said that they are willing to resolve a standoff with West Africa's regional bloc through diplomacy.

44 civilians killed in two separate attacks in Burkina Faso

Apr 9, 2023

At least 44 civilians have been killed in two separate attacks on villages in northern Burkina Faso

UN: Sub-Saharan Africa is ‘new epicenter’ of extremism

Feb 7, 2023

The new global epicenter of violent Islamic extremism is sub-Saharan Africa where people are increasingly joining because of economic factors.

Jihadi attacks mount in Burkina Faso despite junta’s efforts

Jun 13, 2022

The mutinous soldiers who ousted Burkina Faso’s democratically elected president early this year vowed they would do a better job at stopping the jihadi violence rocking the country.

Hunger grips Burkina Faso

Apr 26, 2022

Martine Roamba’s 10-month-old daughter weakly tugs at her mother’s breast searching for milk.

Burkina Faso gold mine blast kills 63

Feb 23, 2022

Burkina Faso grieves in loss of 63 people.

Burkina Faso terrorist attack: death toll raises to 32

Nov 16, 2021

The death toll of terrorist attack on Sunday in northern Burkina Faso raised from 20 to 32 including 28 soldiers, government spokesman said Monday.

At least 20 killed in attack in northern Burkina Faso

Nov 15, 2021

At least 20 people, including 19 gendarmes, were killed on Sunday in a terrorist attack against the detachment of the Inata gendarmerie, in Soum province in the Sahel region, Security Minister Maxim Kone announced on the national radio of Burkina Faso.