The army has suffered heavy losses at the hands of the militants, who control swathes of Burkina Faso and have forced some residents to abide by their harsh version of Islamic law. Public anger ...

ABIDJAN - Five civilian volunteers with the army in Burkina Faso were killed in an attack this week in the west of the country, security officials said on Saturday. "A forward security forces ...

"If the army and civil society mount a serious challenge to the junta and the officers refuse to back down then the situation could break down quickly." Burkina Faso, a former French colony ...

Burkina Faso has rejected "baseless accusations" that soldiers massacred 223 people in attacks in February. A Human Rights Watch report alleged the army killed 179 people in Soro village and 44 ...