Gunmen opened fire on traders and customers at the Kompiembiga cattle market, 15 kilometers from the town of Pama on the Fada-Pama road in the east of...
Burkina Faso: Former Defense Minister under arrest
Burkinabe former Minister of Defense, Jean-Claude Bouda, was arrested on Tuesday, May 26. He is charged in particular with “money launderingR...
Mauritanian army nabs 7 drogue traffickers near border with Mali
The Mauritanian army Sunday said it arrested 7 drogue traffickers and seized a drogue shipment of 700kg during an operation near the Malian border. Th...
Burkina Faso: US Ambassador tested positive to coronavirus; cases in Africa jump to 1662
US ambassador to Burkina Faso has tested positive to the Coronavirus and announced the isolation of the mission staff diagnosed with the disease, Anad...
Canadian, Italian kidnapped in Burkina Faso turn up safe
A Canadian woman and an Italian man kidnapped in Burkina Faso in 2018 were picked up by UN forces and transferred over the weekend to Mali’s cap...
Burkina Faso: At least 43 villagers killed in attacks in Yatenga province
At least 43 villagers were killed in attacks perpetrated by unidentified armed individuals, Sunday March 8, in three Fulani villages (Dinguila, Ramdol...
Burkina Faso: Attack against response unit leaves four dead
An attack against a response unit of the Burkinabe national police in the province of Sanmatenga, in the center-north of Burkina Faso, left four dead,...
UNHCR: Sahel violence displaces more than 700,000 in Burkina Faso
In 12 months, Sahel violence has displaced more than 700,000 in Burkina Faso, UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR reported. In Burkina Faso, the latest attacks b...
Burkina Faso: at least 24 killed in attack on Protestant church
At least 24 people were killed Sunday in a jihadist attack against a Protestant church in Pansi, a village in northern Burkina Faso, according to secu...
Burkina Faso: 10 Jihadists killed
At least ten Jihadists were killed Monday morning in an attack on the Tanwalbougou gendarmerie brigade in the Fada N’Gourma department, eastern ...