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(Johannesburg) – Islamist armed groups in Burkina Faso have escalated their attacks on civilians, massacring villagers, displaced people, and Christian worshipers, Human Rights Watch said today.

Burkina Faso’s government vowed a decisive response after over 200 were killed in the Barsalogho terror attack. Interim President Traore has made fighting terrorism ...

Burkina Faso has thwarted a major plot aimed at destabilising its security, the country’s Security Minister, Mahamadou Sana, has claimed. Speaking on state television, he said that a number of ...

DAKAR, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Hundreds were killed in north-central Burkina Faso on Saturday after suspected ... The United States embassy in Ouagadougou on Tuesday said the U.S. "strongly condemns ...

Children gather in a classroom at school in the village of Dori, Burkina Faso, Tuesday Oct. 20, 2020. More than half of the displaced by growing violence between Islamic extremists and security ...

Millions have been forced to flee their homes since the violence began eight years ago Islamist insurgents in Burkina Faso have stepped up attacks on civilians, carrying out door-to-door killings ...

DAKAR, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Jihadist groups in Burkina Faso have escalated attacks on civilians, often in retaliation against communities for refusing to join their ranks or allegedly collaborating ...

Russia is withdrawing 100 of its paramilitary officers from Burkina Faso to help in the war in Ukraine. They are part of about 300 soldiers from the Bear Brigade - a Russian private military ...

Ukraine's cross-border incursion into Russia has disrupted Russian mercenaries' plans in junta-led Burkina Faso, with many now pulled out to help boost Moscow's defences back home, a paramilitary ...

On Saturday, 24 August, at least 300 people were killed while digging a trench meant to protect the town of Barsalogho in Burkina Faso. Here’s how the terrorist attack – possibly the deadliest ever in ...

Families of Burkina Faso civilians killed in a massacre have accused the army of exposing them to their militant killers by making them leave their village to dig a trench. Armed men carried out ...