Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso assesses army failures after deadliest jihadist attack

Ouagadougou – A jihadist attack on a base in northern Burkina Faso this month that left at least 57 dead... Read more

24 Nov, 2021

Ouagadougou – At least nine police officers were killed in a weekend attack in northern Burkina Faso, security sources said... Read more

23 Nov, 2021

Ouagadougou – Four people were treated for gunshot wounds in Burkina Faso on Saturday after French and Burkinabe forces tried... Read more

21 Nov, 2021

Ouagadougou – Suspected jihadists killed at least 19 gendarmes and a civilian in an attack early on Sunday in northern... Read more

15 Nov, 2021

Ouagadougou – Thirty-five years ago, Burkina Faso’s radical leader Thomas Sankara sent 600 youngsters, most of them orphans, to train... Read more

14 Nov, 2021

Ouagadougou – One Burkina Faso soldier and around 15 jihadists died in fighting over the weekend, the army of... Read more

9 Nov, 2021

Ouagadougou – Suspected jihadists killed around 10 civilians in northern Burkina Faso, officials said on Tuesday, while four people were... Read more

2 Nov, 2021

Ouagadougou – A former army private admitted at a trial on Tuesday that he had helped transport a hit squad... Read more

27 Oct, 2021

Ouagadougou – The trial of 14 men, including the former president, accused in the assassination of Burkina Faso’s left-wing... Read more

25 Oct, 2021

Ouagadougou – The threat posed by jihadist groups has forced the mass closure of schools in Burkina Faso’s eastern province... Read more

24 Oct, 2021