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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 on Saturday 30 May. At least 25 civilians were killed in the attack, which is attributed to armed terrorist groups, according to the regional governor. A […]
Burkinabe former Minister of Defense, Jean-Claude Bouda, was arrested on Tuesday, May 26. He is charged in particular with “money laundering” and “illicit enrichment”. Jean-Claude Bouda, close to Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, appeared before court for a hearing following a complaint by the National Anti-Corruption Network. Minister of Youth (2016-2017) and then of Defense (2017-2018) […]
The Mauritanian army Sunday said it arrested 7 drogue traffickers and seized a drogue shipment of 700kg during an operation near the Malian border. The traffickers according to the army statement, had been under the radar since April 10. The operation, a coordination between ground forces and the airpower, enabled the arrest of the seven […]
US ambassador to Burkina Faso has tested positive to the Coronavirus and announced the isolation of the mission staff diagnosed with the disease, Anadolu news agency reports. “I received a positive test for COVID-19,” Andrew Young said on Twitter. The West African country has confirmed 99 cases, including 4 members of the cabinet namely education […]
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 capital, Bamako. Canadian Edith Blais and Italian Luca Tacchetto, who went missing while traveling through Burkina Faso, are said to be in good health and high spirits. The UN […]
At least 43 villagers were killed in attacks perpetrated by unidentified armed individuals, Sunday March 8, in three Fulani villages (Dinguila, Ramdolla and Barga) in the Yatenga Province in Northern Burkina Faso, announced Minister of Communication and spokesman for the government Remis Fulgrance Dandjinou in a press release published Monday afternoon. Six persons were wounded […]
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, including three policemen, and five injured. The attack was perpetrated by armed men on the Pissila-Gibga axis, said the police in a statement. Meanwhile, around 20 alleged terrorists were […]
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 by militants on civilians and local authorities have been forcing a daily average of more than 4,000 people to flee their homes and search for safety since January 1. So far, […]
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 security and local sources. The pastor of the church was kidnapped by Islamist terrorists. Several people fled to the town of Sebba, where five people, including a pastor, were assassinated […]
At least ten Jihadists were killed Monday morning in an attack on the Tanwalbougou gendarmerie brigade in the Fada N’Gourma department, eastern Burkina Faso, according to medical sources. In the shooting, two people in a transport bus were accidentally killed and the other passengers injured. Several motorcycles, firearms, knives, cell phones and a transceiver radio […]