Burkina Faso to recruit 5,000 soldiers to battle jihadists
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AFP) -- Burkina Faso announced Thursday a recruitment drive for 5,000 soldiers to serve in the army…
3 years ago
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Burkina recruits 50,000 civilians to help battle jihadists
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AFP) -- Burkina Faso this week launched a drive to recruit 50,000 civilian defense volunteers to help…
4 years ago
Thirty-five civilians killed in IED blast in Burkina Faso
by Armel BAILY Agence France-Presse OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AFP) -- At least 35 civilians were killed and 37 wounded…
4 years ago
Burkina Faso builds first own drug manufacturing plant
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AFP) - Burkina Faso's Prime Minister Albert Ouedraogo Tuesday visited the country's first own pharmaceuticals manufacturing facility,…
4 years ago
34 killed in two jihadist attacks in Burkina Faso
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AFP) -- Suspected jihadists killed at least 34 people in attacks on villages in northern Burkina Faso…
4 years ago
Suspected jihadists kill at least 50 in Burkina Faso
by Armel Baily Agence France-Presse OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AFP) -- At least 50 civilians died in an attack by suspected…
4 years ago
Thousands of women and children flee Burkina Faso massacre
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AFP) -- Burkina Faso said Tuesday that more than 7,000 people had fled the country's volatile north…
5 years ago
At least 138 civilians killed in deadliest Burkina Faso attacks since 2015
by Armel BAILY Agence France Presse OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AFP) -- Suspected jihadists have massacred at least 138 civilians…
5 years ago
French aid workers among eight killed by gunmen in Niger
by Boureima Hama Agence France-Presse KOURE, Niger (AFP) — Gunmen on motorcycles killed eight people including a group of French…
6 years ago
More than two million facing hunger in Burkina Faso: government
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AFP) -- More than a tenth of the population in Burkina Faso, a drought-stricken West African…
6 years ago
First virus death in Sub-Saharan Africa as WHO warns ‘prepare for worst’
by Armel Baily with David Esnault in Abidjan Agence France-Presse OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AFP) —Sub-Saharan Africa has recorded its first COVID-19…
6 years ago
Burkinabe minnows on cusp of dumping Egyptian big guns from CAF Cup
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -A club only promoted to Burkina Faso's top division last year is poised to complete a CAF…
8 years ago
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