A jihadi group aligned with Al-Qaida known as Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin, or JNIM, which is active in the Sahel ...

Burkina Faso's junta leader Capt. Ibrahim Traore has sparked a social media debate, with some in Africa praising him and ...

A recent attack in northern Burkina Faso by a jihadi group linked to Al-Qaida left over 100 people dead. The attack, ...

Taliban-controlled media say the group's acting ambassador to Iran has met with his Burkina Faso counterpart in the Iranian ...

Al Qaeda affiliate JNIM has claimed responsibility for an attack targeting a military post in Burkina Faso's northern Loroum province in which the group said 60 soldiers were killed, the SITE ...

A coordinated jihadi attack in northern Burkina Faso killed over 100 people, highlighting escalating extremist power and ...

Burkina Faso’s President Ibrahim Traoré has survived numerous assassination attempts since taking power in 2022, amid a ...

Human Rights Watch reported in March that at least 100 ethnic Fulani civilians were killed by government forces near Solenzo, ...

This policy brief draws on Human Rights Watch research and engagement with the AU, notably during Mahamat’s second term from ...

His message has resonated across Africa and beyond, with his admirers seeing him as following in the footsteps of African ...

the landlocked nation of 23 million has been among the worst hit by the security crisis in Africa’s Sahel region, known as the global hot spot for violent extremism. About half of Burkina Faso ...