Burkina Faso

An attack on a convoy transporting local employees of Canadian mining company Semafo in Burkina Faso leaves 37 people dead and 60 wounded.

Six people, including a pastor, are killed in an attack on a Christian church in Burkina Faso, a government spokesman says.

Seven members of the security forces are killed after their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in eastern Burkina Faso, security sources say.

A siege at a Burkina Faso hotel seized by suspected Islamist militants is over, the authorities say, amid reports of an attack on a second hotel.

Roch Marc Christian Kabore has won presidential elections in Burkina Faso, the electoral commission says.

Presidential guard officers in Burkina Faso seize power in a coup, with more than 10 people reportedly killed as protests break out in the capital.

November 7, 2019

An attack on a convoy transporting local employees of Canadian mining company Semafo in Burkina Faso leaves 37 people dead and 60 wounded.

April 30, 2019

Six people, including a pastor, are killed in an attack on a Christian church in Burkina Faso, a government spokesman says.

August 28, 2018

Seven members of the security forces are killed after their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in eastern Burkina Faso, security sources say.

January 16, 2016

A siege at a Burkina Faso hotel seized by suspected Islamist militants is over, the authorities say, amid reports of an attack on a second hotel.

December 1, 2015

Roch Marc Christian Kabore has won presidential elections in Burkina Faso, the electoral commission says.

September 17, 2015

Presidential guard officers in Burkina Faso seize power in a coup, with more than 10 people reportedly killed as protests break out in the capital.