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 ...

They are the Meharists, heirs to the camel-riding army units founded back in the time when imperialist France ruled the west African nation, whom AFP accompanied on patrol for two days ...

More than 100 people have been killed in a jihadi attack in northern Burkina Faso. Local residents and an aid worker told The Associated Press on Monday that the attacks were carried out on several ...

Warfighting has only deepened wounds, hardened divides, and fuelled new insurgencies – a rethink is long overdue.

Human Rights Watch says at least 100 civilians in Burkina Faso were killed by government forces near the town of Solenzo in ...

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

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — More than 100 killed in jihadi attack in northern Burkina Faso, NGO worker and local residents say.

Fresh jihadist violence has killed "several dozen" soldiers and civilians in simultaneous attacks in a town in northern ...

An attack on a military base in northern Burkina Faso killed multiple soldiers, while a separate assault in the south left dozens of civilians dead, sources told Reuters on Monday, underscoring ...

Burkina Faso is once again reeling under a wave of orchestrated terrorist violence, with the northern town of Djibo enduring ...

At least 130 civilians were killed by Burkina Faso government forces and allied militia in March near the western town of ...