Tag: Burkina Faso

A landmine kills at least 10 passengers as the West African country battles a jihadist insurgency.

Russian mercenaries look set to profit from the new junta that has seized power in Burkina Faso.

Lt Col Paul-Henri Damiba steps down after his successor allegedly pledges to restore civilian rule.

The army captain who announced Friday’s takeover says the ousted leader is planning a counter-attack.

An army captain has announced the removal of the country’s military leader Lt Col Paul-Henri Damiba.

The manager of the Perkoa zinc mine is found guilty of manslaughter and given a suspended sentence.

Suellen Tennyson, 83, was taken hostage in the middle of the night in early April.

Another four miners remain missing more than a month after a Burkina Faso zinc mine was flooded.

A month after a zinc mine was flooded in Burkina Faso, relatives of those trapped refuse to give up.

Rescue efforts continue 24 hours a day to find eight miners caught by flash floods in Burkina Faso.

Dozens more are injured in Burkina Faso after sticks of dynamite in a market blew up, officials say.

West African leaders suspend the country from the regional bloc and call for the ousted leader to be freed.

Lt-Col Damiba took power in Burkina Faso just three weeks after his 41st birthday – what else do we know?

The military takeover, driven by insecurity, resembles what happened in neighbouring Mali.

President Kaboré has been overthrown and the government and parliament dissolved, the army says.

The government denies reports of a coup attempt or that the president has been detained.

Security forces are struggling to contain Islamist violence that has spread across the region.