Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso ambush kills 13 soldiers: security sources

Ouagadougou – Suspected jihadists have ambushed and killed 13 soldiers in Burkina Faso’s eastern province, security sources told AFP... Read more

31 Oct, 2022

Abidjan – A powerful jihadist group has claimed responsibility for an attack on Monday on an army base in... Read more

29 Oct, 2022

Dakar – Mali’s security situation has become “significantly worse” due to the ruling junta’s choices, including an alleged decision... Read more

27 Oct, 2022

Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso’s new government on Wednesday declared its top priority would be to secure the nation’s territory,... Read more

27 Oct, 2022

Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso this week launched a drive to recruit 50 000 civilian defence volunteers to help the... Read more

27 Oct, 2022

Ouagadougou – At least 10 Burkina Faso soldiers died and around 50 were wounded on Monday in an assault... Read more

25 Oct, 2022

Ouagadougou – Ibrahim Traore, the young army captain who led the latest coup in Burkina Faso, became interim president... Read more

22 Oct, 2022

Ouagadougou – Ibrahim Traore, the young army captain who led the latest coup in Burkina Faso, will be inaugurated... Read more

21 Oct, 2022

Gaya – Observers of troubled West Africa have long fretted that jihadists who have rampaged across the Sahel are... Read more

18 Oct, 2022

Ouagadougou – Jihadists killed at least three soldiers and eight civilian auxiliaries in an attack Saturday in Burkina Faso’s volatile... Read more

16 Oct, 2022