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

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 ...

The men in the videos are wearing identifiable uniforms of the Homeland Defence Volunteers (VDP), HRW said. "As the armed conflict in Burkina Faso enters its ninth year, security forces and their ...

Burkina Faso — In one country after the next, African military officers have been drawn to power, scrapping Western-style democracies that they say have failed their nations. They are men like Capt.