Burkina Faso Four coups in West Africa leave doubts over return to democracy Dakar – Army officers have seized power in the West African states of Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso since... Read more 26 Mar, 2022
Burkina Faso Ousted Burkina president’s party calls for his release Ouagadougou – The party of ousted Burkina Faso president Roch Marc Christian Kabore on Thursday demanded his “immediate release” saying... Read more 24 Mar, 2022
Burkina Faso At least 12 soldiers killed in east Burkina Faso attack, security sources say Ouagadougou – At least twelve soldiers were killed on Sunday in eastern Burkina Faso by suspected jihadists, security sources... Read more 21 Mar, 2022
Burkina Faso Burkina’s ‘Opera Village’ by its groundbreaking architect Ouagadougou – With its imposing, angular proportions made out of clay, laterite and other local building materials, the Opera... Read more 19 Mar, 2022
Burkina Faso Attack on bus, truck kills 21 in Niger, sources say Niamey – Suspected jihadists attacked a bus and a truck in Niger, killing 21 people in the southwestern Tillaberi region... Read more 17 Mar, 2022
Burkina Faso At least 7 killed in new Burkina attack Ouagadougou – At least seven people, including four volunteers in an anti-jihadist militia, have been killed in the fifth attack... Read more 15 Mar, 2022
Burkina Faso Jihadist attacks sound brutal alarm for Burkina junta Ouagadougou – With a string of attacks that have claimed dozens of lives, jihadists in Burkina Faso have sounded a... Read more 15 Mar, 2022
Burkina Faso At least 13 gendarmes killed in northern Burkina Faso Ouagadougou – Gunmen killed at least 13 gendarmes in an ambush Sunday at Taparko, a mining town in Burkina Faso,... Read more 14 Mar, 2022
Burkina Faso Bomb kills two civilians in Burkina Faso Ouagadougou – At least two people were killed and several more injured when a bus drove over a landmine in... Read more 14 Mar, 2022
Burkina Faso At least 10 die in raid on Burkina gold mine, security source says Ouagadougou – Suspected jihadists killed at least 10 workers during an attack on an illegal gold mine in northern... Read more 12 Mar, 2022