Burkina Faso

Leader of Burkina Faso’s former ruling party arrested, lawyers say

Ouagadougou – The leader of the former ruling party in Burkina Faso was arrested on Sunday after criticising the conditions... Read more

28 Mar, 2022

Dakar – Army officers have seized power in the West African states of Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso since... Read more

26 Mar, 2022

Ouagadougou – The party of ousted Burkina Faso president Roch Marc Christian Kabore on Thursday demanded his “immediate release” saying... Read more

24 Mar, 2022

Ouagadougou – At least twelve soldiers were killed on Sunday in eastern Burkina Faso by suspected jihadists, security sources... Read more

21 Mar, 2022

Ouagadougou – With its imposing, angular proportions made out of clay, laterite and other local building materials, the Opera... Read more

19 Mar, 2022

Niamey – Suspected jihadists attacked a bus and a truck in Niger, killing 21 people in the southwestern Tillaberi region... Read more

17 Mar, 2022

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

Ouagadougou – With a string of attacks that have claimed dozens of lives, jihadists in Burkina Faso have sounded a... Read more

15 Mar, 2022

Ouagadougou – Gunmen killed at least 13 gendarmes in an ambush Sunday at Taparko, a mining town in Burkina Faso,... Read more

14 Mar, 2022

Ouagadougou – At least two people were killed and several more injured when a bus drove over a landmine in... Read more

14 Mar, 2022