Four political activists in Burkina Faso, belonging to a political movement denouncing civilian massacres blamed on the army ...

On Tuesday, the well-known political activist and journalist Idrissa Barry was arrested by men claiming to be gendarmes in ...

A massacre in western Burkina Faso, attributed to militias allied with the military junta, has raised alarms after videos ...

Militias linked to Burkina Faso's military junta are allegedly behind a massacre in western Burkina Faso. Human Rights Watch ...

Pro-government militias in Burkina Faso are implicated in video footage circulating on social networks showing the massacre ...

Some armed men celebrate as the vehicle drives off ... Islamist armed groups in Burkina Faso have been responsible for numerous grave abuses, including killing and the forced displacement of ...

In some battles, I've seen 40, 50 or 100 dead people," one of the men told the BBC. The three, all in their late thirties or early forties, said they had fought in Burkina Faso multiple times ...

Burkina Faso, which means “land of honest men,” is a small, very poor, landlocked country in Western Africa, home to over 20 million people. A former French colony, it gained independence as Upper ...

On Tuesday, the well-known political activist and journalist Idrissa Barry was arrested by men claiming to be gendarmes in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, sparking fears he has been forcibly ...