Burkina Faso’s military junta arrested three journalists on March 24, 2025 for reporting on the government crackdown on the ...

Burkina Faso's ruling military junta has arrested three prominent journalists, escalating its crackdown on media freedom in ...

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

Human Rights Watch could not confirm what happened to them. Islamist armed groups in Burkina Faso have been responsible for numerous grave abuses, including killing and the forced displacement of ...

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.Videos of the ...

Militias allied with Burkina Faso's military junta have been linked to a "gruesome" massacre in a western city that left ...

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

Based on video analysis, media reports, and local sources, most victims of the massacre in Solenzo appear to be ethnic Fulani ...