Burkina Faso

West Africa recorded over 1,800 terrorist attacks in the first six months of the year resulting in nearly 4,600 deaths with dire humanitarian consequences, and a top regional official said Tuesday that’s just "a snippet of the…

Twenty-one people, most of them members of the security forces, have been killed in Burkina Faso in attacks by suspected jihadists, security sources said on Wednesday.  Issued on: 07/06/2023 - 13:54…

Burkina Faso's prime minister on Tuesday ruled out negotiations with jihadist insurgents who control swathes of the country, while suggesting that security risks could delay the country's return to civilian rule.…

Issued on: 19/05/2023 - 22:43 At least 20 people were killed in a series of raids on villages in Burkina Faso's troubled north, security sources and local residents told…

Issued on: 17/05/2023 - 01:28Modified: 17/05/2023 - 01:29  Africa’s Sahel region has become a hot spot for violent extremism, but the joint force set up in 2014 to combat…

FRANCE 24 and its sister radio RFI have joined a group of 30 African and international news organisations and monitors in an appeal for press freedom in Mali and Burkina Faso. The news outlets and rights groups call…

Pressure is mounting on the authorities in Burkina Faso after more than 150 civilians were massacred by uniformed men in northern villages. At a press conference on Saturday, FRANCE 24 spoke to a representative for…

Issued on: 28/04/2023 - 01:17 An attack on a military detachment in east Burkina Faso on Thursday left 33 soldiers dead and 12 injured, the military-led government said,…

DAKAR: At least 60 people were killed by men in military uniforms in northern Burkina Faso, authorities said. The killingstook place in the area of Barga, in Yatenga province, the injured have been evacuated to hospitals and an…

Issued on: 24/04/2023 - 07:41 Sixty people were killed in Burkina Faso by attackers wearing military uniforms, a prosecutor said late Sunday, announcing an investigation…