Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: 20 killed in attack by unidentified gunmen

Aug 08, 2020 03:28

The Burkina Faso government announced on Friday night that unknown gunmen had attacked a market in the eastern village of Namoungou killing 20.
Bomb kills 3 police officers in northwest Burkina Faso

Mar 30, 2020 07:39

A homemade bomb killed three paramilitary gendarmes and wounded three more Sunday in northwest Burkina Faso, security sources said.
35 civilians killed in northern Burkina Faso attack

Dec 25, 2019 07:47

At least 35 civilians, mostly women, and seven soldiers were killed in one of the deadliest assaults in the last five years by armed fighters in northern Burkina Faso.
At least 14 killed in church attack in Burkina Faso

Dec 02, 2019 07:54

At Least 14 people have been killed in an attack on a Protestant church in eastern Burkina Faso on Sunday morning.
16 killed in Burkina Faso mosque attack

Oct 12, 2019 19:52

Sixteen people died and two were seriously injured in an attack on a mosque in Burkina Faso’s volatile north, security sources said on Saturday.
17 civilians killed in terror attack in Burkina Faso

Jun 20, 2019 09:57

A terrorist attack on a village in the troubled north of Burkina Faso has left at least 17 civilians dead.