SUSPECTED militants have killed about a dozen villagers and wounded several more in western Burkina Faso, security and local sources…
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TWO Nigerian girls have been burnt to death by their boyfriends in Burkina Faso, A Catholic source claims. The incident…
AN ATTACK on a military base in eastern Burkina Faso has killed 33 soldiers and wounded 12 others in the…
SOME 44 people have been killed after two deadly attacks in northern Burkina Faso on Thursday, officials have said. The…
THE authorities in Ghana say 1,000 soldiers and police officers are being deployed to a north-eastern border town after gunmen…
BURKINA Faso has expelled journalists from two leading French newspapers, in the latest move against France by Burkina Faso’s military…
THE Federal Government has summoned the Burkina Faso envoy to Nigeria, Pascal Gouba, over alleged murder of 16 Nigerians who…
AT least 51 soldiers were killed in an ambush by suspected terrorists in northern Burkina Faso, the army said on…
THE body of Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara is to be buried Thursday alongside 12 comrades at the spot…
TEN people were killed when a makeshift gold mine collapsed in western Burkina Faso, a miners’ association said on Thursday.…
FRANCE has agreed to a request from Burkina Faso’s military leaders to withdraw all its troops from the country. Burkina…
BURKINA Faso has confirmed that it wants 400 French troops stationed there to leave within a month. Government spokesman Jean-Emmanuel…
SECURITY forces in Burkina Faso have rescued over 66 women and children after they were kidnapped by suspected militant jihadists…
HUNDREDS of supporters of the military regime in Burkina Faso have staged a demonstration in the capital, Ouagadougou, calling for…
SOME 50 women have been abducted in northern Burkina Faso, local officials say. Residents in Arbinda said two groups of…
THE bodies of 28 people who were shot dead have been discovered in Burkina Faso’s north-western town of Nouna, the…