by admin | Apr 25, 2024 | Worldnews
[ad_1] Military forces in Burkina Faso killed 223 civilians, including babies and many children, in attacks on two villages accused of cooperating with militants, Human Rights Watch said in a report published Thursday.The mass killings took place on Feb. 25 in the...
by admin | Mar 22, 2024 | Worldnews
[ad_1] While the Wagner Group’s future has been uncertain since leader Yevgeny Prigozhin died in a suspicious plane crash last year, its presence in Burkina Faso is part of the group’s new and more visible phase of influence, Osborn said. A pro-Russian...
by admin | Oct 8, 2022 | Worldnews
[ad_1] By AFP OUAGADOUGOU: Just a week ago, 34-year-old Ibrahim Traore was an unknown, even in his native Burkina Faso. But in the space of a weekend, he catapulted himself from army captain to the world’s youngest leader — an ascent that has stoked hopes...
by admin | Feb 20, 2022 | Worldnews
[ad_1] By Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso: For Daouda Diallo the threat of death is constant in conflict-riddled Burkina Faso. One of the country’s most outspoken human rights defenders, the 39-year-old has documented more than 1,000 extrajudicial killings...
by admin | Jan 24, 2022 | Worldnews
[ad_1] OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s President Roch Marc Christian Kabore is being held by mutinous soldiers, two of the rebellious soldiers told The Associated Press by phone early Monday. They did not say where Kabore is being held, but said he is...