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 ...

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 ...

The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

An ambush near Mali's northeastern city of Gao resulted in over 50 civilian and military casualties, as armed assailants, ...

TASS/. Leaders of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, which all are members of the Sahel Alliance, decided to take their defense and security forces to the highest alert, says the joint statement of the ...

[Courtesy] Burkina Faso Army Captain Ibrahim Traore has ousted President Paul-Henri Damiba. Traore, who addressed the nation on state media, said the transitional government has been dissolved ...

NIAMEY, Niger, Feb 6, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Niger's army said Wednesday that 10 soldiers died in an "ambush" in the western Tillaberi region near Burkina Faso, where authorities have been battling a ...

In an example of a raid carried out by Russian-backed government forces in January, Human Rights Watch said the army ... day’s strike. The juntas ruling Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso earlier ...

Burkina Faso deposed leader Roch Kabore. The army on Monday said it had suspended the constitution, dissolved the government and closed the country’s borders. [Reuters] Burkina Faso's army said ...

Senior officers from Burkina Faso and France's forces in the country ... of the capital Ouagadougou on Saturday, Burkina's army said in a statement.

In addition, operational-tactical and army aircraft strikes and artillery fire hit enemy personnel and equipment near Viktorovka, Goncharovka, Kazachya Loknya, 1st Knyazhy, Kurilovka, Loknya ...