Burkina Faso’s interim military president, Captain Ibrahim Traore, on Thursday explained why he inaugurated the country’s ...

(Nairobi) – Pro-government militias in Burkina Faso are implicated in video footage ... “You say you can’t stand up—do you want us to leave with your child? Why don’t you stand up?” ...

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 ...

Since President Bola Tinubu clamped the state of emergency on Rivers State, suspending for six months Governor Sim Fubara, his ...

In separate communications, the military governments in Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso announced their withdrawals from the ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday called for an immediate investigation into the massacre of dozens of civilians in Burkina Faso’s city of Solenzo on March 10 and 11. In its statement, HRW ...

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.

Militias allied with Burkina Faso's military junta have been linked to a "gruesome" massacre in a western city that left dozens dead this week, Human Rights Watch ...