This dedicated all-formats team developed a sensitive story around the lives of women struggling to raise awareness of the threat posed by COVID-19 in one of the world’s least developed nations, where ...

In Africa's Sahel region, deepening violence and poverty - driven by displacement, hunger and terrorism - are stripping women and girls of their right to safety, education and a viable future.Risks to ...

The West African nation of Burkina Faso was once known for its lively arts scene. Now, it is a country torn apart by Islamist extremists and the government’s brutal effort to drive them out.

(Nairobi) – The Burkina Faso military summarily executed at least 223 civilians, including at least 56 children, in two villages on February 25, 2024, Human Rights Watch said today.

The Burkina Faso army led and participated in the massacre of more than 130, possibly many more, ethnic Fulani civilians by pro-government militias in the western Boucle du Mouhoun region in March ...

At least 50 women were abducted by Islamic extremists in Burkina Faso's northern Sahel region last week, a local official said Monday. The kidnappings occurred on January 12 and 13 approximately ...

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.

Burkina Faso has been named the world’s most neglected displacement crisis by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) for the second year. In its annual report, released Monday, the NRC said the ...