Islamist armed groups in Burkina Faso have escalated their attacks on civilians, massacring villagers, displaced people, and ...

Jihadist groups have escalated their attacks on civilians, especially Christians, in recent months, reports the Human Rights ...

By Thiam Ndiaga OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -Sixty-six women and children kidnapped by armed assailants in northern Burkina Faso last week have been freed, national broadcaster Radiodiffusion ...

A terrorist attack by an Islamic militant group has left hundreds of civilians dead in the town of Barsalogho, less than a ...

Closures have impacted 2.8 million students, who have thereby also been rendered vulnerable to risks beyond lack of education ...

Women and children were among those killed on Saturday. Barsalogho lies near the town of Kaya, a strategic point in north-central Burkina Faso that houses the last standing military force between ...

She said it took three days for the survivors, mostly women and children, to collect the bodies ... was completely wiped out, she said. Burkina Faso's ruling junta has not said how many people ...

“We see men, women and children laying inside the trenches ... Haque noted that the Burkina Faso army knew on Friday that an attack was going to happen and called on the population to dig ...

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 ...

Relatives of victims of a jihadist attack that killed hundreds of civilians in Burkina Faso in August have slammed the "contempt" of the country's junta ruler and said he bore responsibility.

More than 1,000 churches, public Christian properties, houses, shops and businesses have been attacked, damaged, bombed, looted, destroyed, burned down, closed or confiscated for faith-related reasons ...