Most film festivals can be counted on to provide entertainment, laced with some introspection. The weeklong FESPACO that opens Saturday in violence-torn Burkina Faso’s capital goes beyond that to also ...

___ Jean-Emmanuel Ouedraogo, a spokesman for Burkina Faso’s government, denied its military was responsible for the deaths of the boys shown in the video. He told the AP that militants often disguise ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — It was a walk 16-year-old Adama had done countless times, feeding the cows not far from his grandmother’s house in northern Burkina Faso. But one day in mid-February, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Most film ...

Burkina Faso is at the epicenter of Islamic extremist violence cutting across Africa. For seven years, the landlocked country has been wracked by violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — It was a ...