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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Government forces in Burkina Faso killed over twice as many civilians as militant jihadist groups over a two-year period, according to a study by Human Rights Watch, which ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » Government: Video of Burkina Faso massacre appears to implicate government-allied militia, watchdog says
DAKAR, Senegal — Video footage circulating on social networks of a recent civilian massacre in Burkina Faso appears to implicate government-allied militia, Human Rights Watch said, calling on ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » Government: Burkina Faso military government dissolves political parties
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Heads of state of Mali's Assimi Goita, Burkina Faso's Captain Ibrahim Traore and Niger's General Abdourahamane Tiani walk together ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » Government: ECOWAS and the Sahel: Why Dialogue Should Have Come Before Threats and Sanctions
The renewed engagement between ECOWAS and the Sahel states is a welcome development . But if West Africa is to overcome its divisions, the meeting must mark the beginning of a new relationship built ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » 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 » Sahel » Government: ‘Bloody meat’: Burkina Faso’s livestock raids fuelling Sahel insurgency
On a Saturday night in April 2024, during the holy month of Ramadan, dozens of pastoralists gathered for evening prayers at a makeshift cattle camp outside Fada N’Gourma, eastern Burkina Faso’s ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » Government: Burkina Faso’s military government dissolves political parties
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Burkina Faso's military leader Captain Ibrahim Traore has moved closer to Russia and distanced the country from France [File: ...