Burkina Faso

The dead toll in the attack on Burkina Faso has increased to at least 160 persons, including about 20 children. Gunmen stormed into the remote village of Solhan, in the northeast of the country last Friday night, resulting to the...

Burkina Faso’s government has effectively banned local and foreign journalists from visiting official sites hosting people displaced by the country’s long-running conflict. A Burkina Faso government spokesperson confirmed the move in a WhatsApp message, saying “journalists and reporting teams’ safety...