burkina faso

October 9, 2022

West Africa bloc mediator ‘satisfied’ after meeting Burkina Faso new military leader

CNN — The mediator sent to Burkina Faso by West Africa’s main political and economic bloc ECOWAS, Mahamadou Issoufou, on Tuesday…

October 1, 2022

A new military takeover has been declared in Burkina Faso, after a day marked by gunfire and confusion in the…

January 23, 2022

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Heavy gunfire rang out at a military base in Burkina Faso’s capital early Sunday, prompting…

November 17, 2021

FADA N’GOURMA, Burkina Faso (AP) — The last time Polenli Combary spoke to her son on the phone she prayed…

August 19, 2021

An assault on a convoy traveling through the north of Burkina Faso killed 47 people on Wednesday, the government of the western…

August 1, 2021

DORI, Burkina Faso (AP) — Awoken by gunshots in the middle of the night, Fatima Amadou was shocked by what…

June 25, 2021

OUAGADOUGOU, June 24 (Reuters) – A massacre in northeast Burkina Faso in which more than 130 people were killed this…

May 8, 2021

KAYA, Burkina Faso (AP) — In the more than 15 years Salomon Tibiri has been offering spiritual succor as a…

April 30, 2021

MADRID (AP) — The bodies of two Spanish journalists and an Irish wildlife campaigner killed by jihadists in Burkina Faso…

February 14, 2021

KAYA, Burkina Faso (AP) — A 20-year-old woman could no longer live in her village amid the rising violence caused…