Burkina Faso News » Sahel News Burkina Faso » Sahel » History: 170 killed in Burkina Faso massacre as French-Russian rivalry grows in Sahel
In a series of massacres over the past two weeks, more than 170 people were killed in Burkina Faso, a former French colony plunged into bloodshed by France’s 2013-2022 war in neighboring Mali. Victims ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » History: In Burkina Faso, the ‘Mother of the Sahel’ brings education and hope to forcibly displaced children
Born and raised in Dori, in the far northeast of Burkina Faso, Maimouna Ba was the youngest of 12 children living in the country’s vast, remote and arid Sahel region, a six-hour drive from the capital ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » History: Behind rising jihadist violence in Burkina Faso, a fragile govt & power vacuum in Sahel region
New Delhi: A little less than two months ago on 24 August, Burkina Faso witnessed one of the deadliest single attacks in Africa in the past few decades when Islamist militants gunned down about 600 ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » History: At least 25 killed in Burkina Faso attack in Sahel region
At least 25 people were killed on Saturday in a terrorist attack in northern Burkina Faso's Sahel Region, said a regional government official Monday evening. In a statement, Lieutenant Colonel ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » History: The harms of post-colonialism on African nations
Until gaining independence, the Sahell nations of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have been among the poorest countries in Africa. They were known as French West Africa, having been colonized during the ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » History: Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso sign Sahel security pact
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, three West African Sahel nations ruled by military juntas, signed a security pact on Saturday promising to come to the aid of each other in case of any ...