As insurgency intensifies and civic space shrinks in the West African state, a different kind of battle is unfolding online ...

A West African al Qaeda affiliate said it killed 200 soldiers in an attack on an army base in Burkina Faso this week, sharply increasing its earlier death toll claim, according to a group that tracks ...

A charismatic 37-year-old, Burkina Faso's military ruler Capt Ibrahim Traoré has skilfully built the persona of a pan-Africanist leader determined to free his nation from what he regards as the ...

The military coups in Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali have resulted in an avalanche of false information, especially about the ...

Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) claims attack on Djibo military outpost, SITE Intelligence Group says.

At least 130 civilians were killed by Burkina Faso government forces and allied ... have continued despite promises by the country's military leaders to deal with the insurgency.

Human Rights Watch says at least 100 civilians in Burkina Faso were killed by government forces near the town of Solenzo in the western Boucle du Mouhoun region in an attack in March ...

A charismatic 37-year-old, Burkina Faso's military ruler Capt Ibrahim Traoré has skilfully built the persona of a pan-Africanist leader determined to free his nation from what he regards as the ...

At least 130 civilians were killed by Burkina Faso government forces and allied ... have continued despite promises by the country's military leaders to deal with the insurgency.