Burkina Faso is experiencing one of the world’s fastest growing displacement crises. The IRC provides clean water; sanitation service support; and primary healthcare, including reproductive healthcare ...

In a series of massacres over the past two weeks, more than 170 people were killed in Burkina Faso, a former French colony plunged into bloodshed by France’s 2013-2022 war in neighboring Mali. Victims ...

Editor’s note: This story contains a graphic image and descriptions of violence. Up to 600 people were shot dead in a matter of hours by al Qaeda-linked militants in an August attack on a town in ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Women slain with babies wrapped against their bodies, lifeless children intertwined together, a 2-month-old face-up on the ground with puppies crawling on his tiny frame. The scenes ...

An Islamist armed group massacred at least 133 people in the town of Barsalogho, Burkina Faso, on August 24, 2024, largely civilians forced to build a trench to protect the town with a military base.

Witnesses and human rights groups claim the West African country’s military killed more than 220 people, including women and children, in February. It was neither a mistake nor a one-off, they say. By ...

(Nairobi) – Two Islamist armed groups have killed several dozen civilians in three separate attacks in northern Burkina Faso since May 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. These attacks violated ...

Burkina Faso, a poor, landlocked former French colony in the heart of West Africa, is dying. It faces one if not two jihadist insurgencies that have seized hold over much of the countryside, ...

Survivor tells of discovering her brothers' bodies in a pile of victims Woman recalls 'dead bodies and blood everywhere' Islamist group claims responsibility for Burkina Faso massacre One of deadliest ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Women slain with babies wrapped against their bodies, lifeless children intertwined together, a 2-month-old face-up on the ground with puppies crawling on his tiny frame. The ...

Necklaces of Thomas Sankara and Ibrahim Traoré that are sold in front of the Thomas Sankara memorial in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. (Photos by Carmen Yasmine Abd Ali/For The Washington Post) The Post ...

Violence is spreading across Burkina Faso as the influence of nonstate armed groups grows. The International Rescue Committee provides affected communities with clean water; sanitation service support ...