Burkina Faso

Gunfire rang out early Friday in Burkina Faso’s capital and the state broadcaster went off the air, sparking fears of a mutiny nine months after a military coup d’etat overthrew …

Eleven soldiers died and around 50 civilians were missing after a suspected jihadist attack in Burkina Faso’s north, the government said late Tuesday. Violence has raged in the landlocked west …

An African Union envoy on Friday urged international support for Burkina Faso’s transition to civilian rule, as the junta-led country battles a jihadist insurgency. “We demand the support of the …

Two local rights groups on Sunday accused Burkina Faso soldiers of massacring more than 40 villagers in the country’s deeply troubled north. The landlocked Sahel state is in the grip …