Burkina Faso government

The death toll from an attack on civilians and the military in northern Burkina Faso has risen to 80 people, the government said in a statement.  The attack occurred on Wednesday when Islamist militants raided a civilian convoy that was…

Thomas Sankara, the renowned charismatic revolutionary figure often nicknamed the African Che Guevara will finally have the long-awaited trial relating to his assassination in a coup d'etat set for October 11, 2021. This was announced in…

Thousands of people took to the streets of Burkina Faso on Saturday, demanding a stronger response to rising jihadist bloodshed after the massacre last month killed more than 130 people. The landlocked West African country has faced…

A massacre in northeast Burkina Faso in which more than 130 people were killed this month was carried out mostly by children between the ages of 12 and 14. The United Nations and the countries government who gave the report added that…

Burkina Faso’s government has said an ambush on a police unit in the country’s conflict-hit north has left at least 11 officers dead, with four others missing. In a statement released on Tuesday, Security Minister Ousseini Compaore said…