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

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

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 ...

Ethiopia stands at a critical juncture. In recent weeks, tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea are on the rise, while a ...

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

Walande’s story itself is far from over. Seawater is breaching protective seawalls at the new site. The community’s ...

Under international climate and human rights law, “developed” nations ... efforts to silence dissenting voices in the country. Burkina Faso: Pro-government militias are implicated in video ...

in western Burkina Faso, on March 11. Human Rights Watch reviewed video footage that circulated on social media and appears to implicate VDP militias in the massacre of several dozen civilians ...

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

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.