Burkina Faso

According to their investigation, more than 220 civilians, among them at least 56 children, fell victim to atrocities allegedly committed by the country's ...

“The massacres in Nondin and Soro villages are just the latest mass killings of civilians by the Burkina Faso military in their counterinsurgency operations”, ...

from ISSOUF TRAORE in Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoBurkina Faso BureauOUAGADOUGOU, (CAJ News) - THE Burkina Faso military is accused of killing at least 223 ...

The Human Rights Watch has said that Burkina Faso's military massacred more than 220 civilians, including at least 56 children, in a single day this year.

Military forces in Burkina Faso killed 223 civilians, including babies and many children, in attacks on two villages accused of cooperating with militants, ...

“The attackers were soldiers from our own army. They arrived on motorbikes and in vehicles, and they were armed.” The mass killings came as the U.S. ...

Soldiers accused residents of aiding Islamist fighters before shooting at them, an investigation shows.

Burkina Faso has been consumed by conflict between jihadis linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group and state-backed forces, with civilians caught in ...

Killings linked to campaign against jihadist violence may amount to crimes against humanity, says report by Human Rights Watch that urges Burkinabè ...

Burkina Faso's military executed at least 223 civilians, including at least 56 children, in reprisal attacks on 25 February, says Human Rights Watch.

A report by Human Rights Watch says over 220 civilians in Burkina Faso have been killed by military forces accused of cooperating with Islamic ...

DAKAR (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's military in February summarily executed about 223 villagers, including at least 56 children, as part of a campaign against ...

Burkina Faso's military in February summarily executed about 223 villagers, including at least 56 children, as part of a campaign against civilians accused ...

In an interview with a local radio station a day after the attacks, Burkinabè Defense Minister Mahamoudou Sana did not refer to these mass killings. Instead, ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has reported that 223 civilians, including dozens of children, in the villages of Nondin and Toro, Yatenga province, were summarily ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Military forces in Burkina Faso killed 223 civilians, including babies and many children, in attacks on two villages accused of ...

Human Rights Watch says military forces in Burkina Faso killed 223 civilians, including babies and many children, in attacks on two villages accused of ...

Burkina Faso has temporarily suspended the programs of Voice of America and BBC/Africa following the broadcast of news stories about a Human Rights Watch ...