Up to 600 people were shot dead in a matter of hours by al Qaeda-linked militants in an August attack on a town in Burkina Faso, according to a French government security assessment that nearly ...

Burkina Faso, which means “land of honest men,” is a small, very poor, landlocked country in Western Africa, home to over 20 million people. A former French colony, it gained independence as Upper ...

In early June, an attack on a military base near Mansila, in eastern Burkina Faso, reportedly resulted in the death of more than 100 soldiers. As rumors of a mutiny spread, Capt. Ibrahim Traore ...

Barsalogho lies near the town of Kaya, a strategic point in north-central Burkina Faso that houses the last standing military ...

DAKAR, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's junta has suspended U.S.-funded broadcaster Voice of America for three months over comments about a jihadist insurgency in West Africa's Sahel region ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Burkina Faso’s military junta has suspended Voice of America’s broadcasts for three months over its coverage of militant attacks in the country and in neighboring Mali ...

Burkina Faso Junta Speaks of Coup Plot After Criticism Over Jihadi Massacre By Sofia Christensen DAKAR (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's junta said it had uncovered an international plot to overthrow it ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s ruling junta said it thwarted an attempt to destabilize the African country “with the help of foreign powers.” A transitional government has ...

BAMAKO/NIAMEY, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Prosecutors in junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have launched investigations against French journalist and researcher Wassim Nasr, accusing him of being an ...