Burkina Faso is experiencing one of the world’s fastest growing displacement crises. The IRC provides clean water; sanitation service support; and primary healthcare, including reproductive healthcare ...

In a series of massacres over the past two weeks, more than 170 people were killed in Burkina Faso, a former French colony plunged into bloodshed by France’s 2013-2022 war in neighboring Mali. Victims ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — More than a dozen mutinous soldiers declared Monday on state television that a military junta had seized control of Burkina Faso after detaining the democratically ...

The Federal Government denied espionage claims involving a Nigerian Air Force C-130 in Burkina Faso, saying the aircraft was ...

An Islamist armed group massacred at least 133 people in the town of Barsalogho, Burkina Faso, on August 24, 2024, largely civilians forced to build a trench to protect the town with a military base.

(Nairobi) – Two Islamist armed groups have killed several dozen civilians in three separate attacks in northern Burkina Faso since May 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. These attacks violated ...

6.3 million people in need of humanitarian assistance 2.1 million people are internally displaced 46 locations under siege of nonstate armed groups 40% of people live below the poverty line Support ...

Survivor tells of discovering her brothers' bodies in a pile of victims Woman recalls 'dead bodies and blood everywhere' Islamist group claims responsibility for Burkina Faso massacre One of deadliest ...

BOBO-DIOULASSO, Burkina Faso - In 2000, farmers in Burkina Faso, Africa’s top cotton grower, were desperate. Their cotton fetched top prices because its high-quality fibre lent a luxurious sheen to ...