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More than a tenth of the population in Burkina Faso, a drought-stricken West African country plagued by jihadist violence, is at risk of hunger, according to government figures issued on Thursday. A ...
News Burkina Faso » Nord » Government: Burkina Faso’s government is committing war crimes
The order given in December 2023 was “to enter the hive and eat the warriors’ honey”. The previous month jihadists had attacked a military base in northern Burkina Faso. In response, the national army ...
News Burkina Faso » Nord » Government: Burkina Faso’s Government of Change Confronts Imperialism
Captain Ibrahim Traoré, 34 years old, became the provisional head of Burkina Faso’s government after a military coup in September 2022. His government seeks to finish off the remnants of French ...
News Burkina Faso » Nord » Government: Burkina Faso: Government-Allied Militias Linked to Massacre
(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 Solenzo ...
News Burkina Faso » Nord » Government: Burkina Faso: Army Directs Ethnic Massacres
(Nairobi) – The Burkina Faso army led and participated in the massacre of more than 130, possibly many more, ethnic Fulani civilians by pro-government militias in the western Boucle du Mouhoun region ...
News Burkina Faso » Nord » Government: Burkina Faso grants mining lease to Russia's Nordgold for gold project
April 25 (Reuters) - Burkina Faso has granted an industrial mining licence to Russian miner Nordgold for a gold project, the military-led West African government said, aiming to capitalise on ...
News Burkina Faso » Nord » Government: Burkina, Mali troops kill more civilians than jihadists do, data shows
New report highlights killings by Burkina Faso military, allies Civilians' deaths part of 'regional pattern', researcher says Killings risk fuelling jihadist recruitment in Sahel, analysts say DAKAR, ...