Burkina Faso recruits 5000 soldiers to fight jihadists
Burkina Faso announced Thursday a recruitment drive for 5,000 soldiers to serve in the army for at least five years to aid the country in...
Burkina Faso announced Thursday a recruitment drive for 5,000 soldiers to serve in the army for at least five years to aid the country in...
At least 19 members of Burkina Faso's army were killed in an attack in the north of the country on Monday, two security sources said,...
The death toll from a jihadi attack on a Burkina Faso army unit in the north of the country last week has risen to 51,...
At least 19 people have been killed, including nine army auxiliaries, in two suspected terrorist attacks over the weekend in the towns of Dembo and...
Six people were killed when suspected jihadist gunmen attacked a town in central Burkina Faso, a local governor said on Tuesday, as the country grapples...
Hope of employment more than religious belief is driving people to join fast-growing extremist groups in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a report by the U.N....
On Saturday afternoon, armed men attacked Bani," a town about 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Dori in the Sahel region, one resident said. "We deplore...