Burkina faso
Record numbers flee jihadist attacks in Burkina
In the first half of 2021, 237,000 people fled to other parts of Burkina Faso, compared to 96,000 registered during the second half of 2020, it said in a...
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'Around 10' police killed in Burkina Faso ambush
Burkina Faso has been grappling with a jihadist insurgency that has left at least 1,400 dead since 2015 and forced an estimated one million people to flee their homes.
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US star Angelina Jolie visits refugee camp in Burkina Faso
Jolie visited the camp at Goudebou, in the northeast of the landlocked west African country, as part of her role as an ambassador for the UN refugee organisation, the UNHCR.
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Thousands of women and children flee Burkina Faso massacre
At least 138 men, women and children were "executed" and nearly 40 were seriously wounded, Baloch said. Local sources have put the death toll at least 160, marking the deadliest attack since Islamist violence erupted in the West African country in 2015.
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At least 114 killed in deadliest Burkina Faso attacks since 2015
President Roch Marc Christian Kabore denounced an attack near the borders with Mali and Niger where jihadists linked to Al-Qaeda and Islamic State have been targeting civilians and soldiers.
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About 100 killed in Burkina Faso in deadliest attack since 2015
The attack occurred during the night of Friday to Saturday when "armed individuals staged an incursion" into the northern town of Solhan, a security source said.
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Three killed in northern Burkina Faso attack
A brutal resurgence of jihadist violence in the West African country has forced more than 16,000 people from their homes in just the last 10 days, prompting a fresh military offensive.
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Over 17,500 displaced in fresh Burkina violence: UN
More than 1,300 people have been killed and one million have fled violence since 2015, when jihadists emerged in the formerly tranquil West African nation.
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Twin Burkina Faso attacks kill three
In one attack, two police officers were ambushed on Saturday in the town of Batie in the southwest of the country while investigating reports of unidentified gunmen, a security source told AFP.
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Five civilian volunteers, one soldier killed in Burkina Faso ambush
The nation, among the world's poorest, is struggling with a jihadist insurgency that has killed more than 1,000 people and displaced hundreds of thousands.
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Burkina Faso goes to the polls in shadow of jihadist threat
President Roch Marc Christian Kabore is expected to win re-election, his supporters talking up his chances of an outright victory in the first round of voting.
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14 soldiers killed in Burkina Faso jihadist attack
The attack took place Wednesday in the country's north, near the border with Mali and Niger, and came ahead of presidential and legislative elections on November 22.
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'Democratic backsliding' in W.Africa as election season begins
Millions more will vote across the region - in Ghana, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Nigeria - before the year is out, under the wary eye of defenders of democracy.
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Jihadists kill 6 civil militia fighters in Burkina: mayor
More than a 100 such volunteers have died since January.
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Almost 150 extrajudicial killings by Malian, Burkinabe troops: UN Report
The quarterly report also found 50 extrajudicial killings in late May by Burkina Faso troops in the village of Boulkessi, and settlements close to the nation's Mali border.
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EXPLAINER: What Africa, approaching a million cases, is doing to fight COVID-19
On Wednesday, the continent was approaching a million infections and around 21,000 deaths.
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Burkina Faso blast kills six, mostly children
The IED, which exploded as the group's cart was passing late Saturday, also injured four others, they said.
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UN rights council agrees to urgent debate on racism, police violence
It is only the fifth time in the council's 14-year history that it has agreed to hold an "urgent debate", which is a special debate agreed upon within a regular session of the council.
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At least 50 die in Burkina attacks blamed on jihadists
Ten people were killed when an aid convoy was ambushed in Burkina Faso, the government said on Sunday, bringing to at least 50 the death toll from a string of attacks blamed on jihadists.
