Africa: Burkina Faso

New York, October 25, 2024 mdash;The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the forced conscription of journalis ...

Dakar, October 9, 2024 mdash;The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the Burkinabe authorities to

In northern Ivory Coast, thousands of refugees from neighbouring Burkina Faso have fled two threats -- jihadist attacks, ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger will soon introduce new biometric passports issued by their new alliance, after their withd ...

Ukraine's cross-border incursion into Russia has disrupted Russian mercenaries' plans in junta-led Burkina Faso, with ma ...

Denmark said Monday it was shutting its embassies in Mali and Burkina Faso as part of its new Africa strategy, as milita ...

Journalists, officials, civil society members -- kidnappings of figures deemed critical of Burkina Faso's military regim ...

Dakar, July 16, 2024 mdash; Burkinabe authorities should immediately and comprehensively investigate the disappearance ...

The Burkinabe authorities must do everything possible to find and ensure the safety of missing journalists Serge Atia ...

Feebly shaded by trees in the blistering heat, desperate civilians throng a displacement camp in tents and ramshackle sh ...

The United Nations human rights chief is gravely concerned about a rise in killings of civilians across Burkina Faso, ...

Burkina Faso's ruling junta will remain in power for another five years under an accord adopted during national consulta ...