The identity of the gunmen is yet to be ascertained.
02 Dec 2019 1:07 PM
The latest attack happened at Maitaougou village in the Koulpelogo province, which has been targeted by extremists.
27 Apr 2019 6:51 PM
Alakhbar reported that attacks were carried out in response to the killing of one of JNIM's leaders, Mohamed Hacen al-Ancari.
04 Mar 2018 10:00 AM
Keita is current chairman of the G5 Sahel group a coalition of five western-backed Saharan countries that have pledged to fight terror.
16 Aug 2017 11:25 AM
Burkina Faso, a landlocked nation in West Africa, is one of the poorest countries in the world.
14 Aug 2017 8:09 AM
Security forces were hunting on Sunday for any possible surviving gunmen from an attack on a top hotel in Burkina Faso that left at least 29 people dead and showed the expanding reach of regional jiha
18 Jan 2016 6:03 AM
At least 26 people from 18 countries were killed in an attack by jihadist gunmen on a top hotel and a restaurant in the capital of Burkina Fa-so, before security forc-es ended the siege on Saturday an
17 Jan 2016 3:34 AM
There was no immediate comment on the attack from Kabore.
16 Jan 2016 3:47 PM
Burkina Faso's Interior Minister said during the night that firefighters had seen 10 bodies on the terrace of the restaurant.
16 Jan 2016 1:19 PM
Gunshots and explosions rocked four-star Splendid hotel and nearby Cappuccino restaurant.
16 Jan 2016 11:55 AM