Three Ghanaians have told the BBC of their involvement in the fighting between Islamist insurgents and the military in ...

Data gathered by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project show that militia attacks on civilians ... As much as 80% of Burkina Faso's territory is controlled by extremist groups and ...

The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

Burkina Faso is leaving the West African regional bloc ECOWAS to join counterterrorism forces with Niger and Mali. The junta ...

UN Human Rights Office should follow up on transnational repression around the world, as well as abuses in China and Burkina Faso Get updates on human rights issues from around the globe.

Burkina Faso, which means “land of honest men,” is a small, very poor, landlocked country in Western Africa, home to over 20 million people. A former French colony, it gained independence as Upper ...

He had nothing to do with the government militia or the conflict," she told ... weapons that they have taken from the military in Burkina Faso. They do this by relying on the trucks that travel ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Their loved ones were slaughtered ... including mass recruitment of civilians for poorly trained militia units, has exacerbated tensions between ethnic groups.

He had nothing to do with the government militia or the conflict," she told ... rifles," a resident told the BBC. Refugees from Burkina Faso have come to seek asylum in Bawku (file photo) JNIM ...