Militias allied with Burkina Faso's military junta have been linked to a "gruesome" massacre in a western city that left ...

Burkina Faso's military rulers on Saturday dismissed accusations that the army had committed abuses against civilians in the ...

The three Sahelian states’ split from ECOWAS is reducing security cooperation at a time when West Africa is battling numerous ...

(Nairobi) – Pro-government militias in Burkina Faso are implicated in video footage circulating on social networks showing the massacre of dozens of civilians in and around the western city of ...

The countries of the Sahel Confederation AES, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, continue in their project of mutual integration ...

It said it seized weapons and chased retreating soldiers for miles into the desert. Images released by the group show 54 slain bodies in military uniform lying in the bloodstained dirt ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) late on Friday called on Burkina Faso's military rulers to investigate and prosecute those implicated in an apparent massacre of dozens of civilians this week. Videos surfaced ...

The ambush resulted in the death of at least six Burkina Faso soldiers. Despite the fierce confrontation, the attackers managed to escape, taking valuable military equipment with them. The town ...

The military regime in Burkina Faso on Friday announced that it was creating new rapid response forces, recruiting 14,000 soldiers and thousands of civilian support staff, to fight jihadist violence.

Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali have formed an alternative ... They seized on public and military outrage around an ambush that left 11 soldiers and dozens of civilians dead. During the 1980s ...

Terrorism in the Sahel has increased significantly, with deaths rising nearly tenfold since 2019, according to the Global Terrorism Index 2025, confirming the region’s reputation as the global ...