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

Militias linked to Burkina Faso's military junta are allegedly behind a massacre in western Burkina Faso. Human Rights Watch ...

Videos of the incident posted on social media show armed men wearing the uniforms of militias that have formed to aid the government's fight against Islamist groups, New York-based HRW said in a ...

Burkina Faso's military rulers on Saturday dismissed accusations that the army had committed abuses against civilians in the ...

The West African country announced that it would leave the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie. It comes after the ...

Burkina Faso and its Sahel neighbors Mali and Niger ... more than 13,500 victims who have died following the September 2022 coup which brought the military to power.

"As the armed conflict in Burkina Faso enters its ninth year ... Burkina's military government, which seized power in a 2022 coup, has faced criticism by rights groups over measures it has ...

Burkina Faso's ruling junta must "impartially investigate and appropriately prosecute" those implicated in an apparent massacre of civilians this month shown in videos circulating on social media, ...

Burkina Faso's government, which seized power in a 2022 coup, could not immediately be reached for comment. HRW said the victims appear to be ethnic Fulani, a group authorities accuse of ...

Militias allied with Burkina Faso's military junta have been linked ... Burkina's military government, which seized power in a 2022 coup, has faced criticism by rights groups over measures it ...

Niger was suspended from the group after a military coup toppled elected president Mohamed Bazoum in July 2023.