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

Burkina Faso's government condemns fake massacre videos and calls for action against online hate speech amid rising tensions ...

Human Rights Watch says video footage circulating on social networks of a recent civilian massacre in Burkina Faso appears to ...

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

(Nairobi) – Pro-government militias in Burkina Faso are implicated in video footage circulating on social networks showing the massacre of dozens of civilians in and around the western city of ...

An attack by an extremist group on a village in western Niger has killed 44 civilians, the country’s Interior Ministry said.

DAKAR, Senegal — Video footage circulating on social networks of a recent civilian massacre in Burkina Faso appears to implicate government-allied militia, Human Rights Watch said, calling on ...

DAKAR, Senegal — An attack by a jihadi group on a village in western Niger has killed 44 civilians, the country's Interior Ministry said.

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