Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso’s president welcomes freed hostages

Burkina Faso’s President Roch Marc Christian Kabore on Saturday received at the presidential palace in…

French forces free 4 hostages in Burkina Faso, 2 soldiers killed

Four people, including two French tourists, abducted in early May in Benin, have been freed…

Burkina Faso Army kill146 jihadists

Soldiers in Burkina Faso killed 146 jihadists in response to a terrorist attack in which…

Roadside bomb kills 8 soldiers in Burkina Faso

At least eight soldiers were killed on Wednesday when their vehicle drove into improvised explosive…

Gunmen kill Mayor in Buikna Faso

Gunmen shot and killed the mayor of Koutougou commune, in Burkina Faso’s northern province of…

2 Canadians killed in Burkina Faso attack

Two Canadians were among 18 killed in an attack on a Burkina Faso restaurant, Canadian…

UN chief condemns Ouagadougou terrorists attack

The Secretary-General of the UN, Mr António Guterres, has condemned Sunday’s terrorists’ attack on Ouagadougou.…

Burkina Faso forces kill 3 jihadis, hostages trapped in building

Burkina Faso security forces killed three suspected jihadist attackers at a restaurant in central Ouagadougou,…

NFF: Why Super Eagles’ friendly with Burkina Faso was called off

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Saturday said Super Eagles’ second international friendly, against Burkina…

5 West African states to set up anti-terror force

Five West African countries have agreed to form an anti-terrorism force to jointly fight jihadist…