Tag: Burkina Faso

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — In her dreams, Eveline Zagre believes her two sets of twins share premonitions and make demands of her — buy a chicken, beg for money. “Their ...

A column of civilian fighters from the Homeland Defence Volunteers (VDP), a group the government funds and trains to contain Islamist insurgents, was ambushed on Thursday as it swept a ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Security forces fired tear gas at protesters throwing rocks in Burkina Faso’s capital on Saturday, as tensions rose across the conflict-riddled nation with the population angry ...

French soldiers and Nigerien military police fired warning shots to prevent protesters from approaching their vehicles, before the convoy was able to continue on its way toward the capital Niamey, ...

Opponents of President Roch Kaboré called for renewed protests in response to a recent surge of attacks in Burkina Faso, including one by al Qaeda-linked militants that killed dozens of military ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Trapped in conflicts, the children of West and Central Africa are the most recruited by armed groups in the world and also have the highest number ...

FADA N’GOURMA, Burkina Faso — The last time Polenli Combary spoke to her son on the phone she prayed for God to bless him. Shortly after, she called back but ...

“Around 10 civilians were executed” after armed men, likely belonging to the region’s Islamic State branch, attacked residents of Dambam heading to market, a military official said. The attack took ...

In one of Africa’s most eagerly awaited trials for years, 14 people will be tried on October 11 at a military court in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou for the murder ...

The assault left 14 soldiers and three militia volunteers dead 25 kilometres (15 miles) from Gorgadji, said the communications ministry. Gorgadji is in the notorious “three-border” zone where Burkina Faso ...