
‘We’ll kill you’: Troops film killings in Burkina Faso
3 March 2023 By Sam Mednick and Michael Biesecker GRAPHIC CONTENT - An uncle of a 16-year-old named Adama watches a video in Burkina...
Associated Press 1
Apr 4, 2023

Sahel: 10 Million Children at Risk as Conflict Rages
17 March 2023 Children are increasingly caught up in armed conflict in the climate-affected, food insecure central Sahel region, the UN...
United Nations
Mar 20, 2023


With Burkina Faso’s president ousted, West Africa faces ‘coup bloc’
By: Danielle Paquette (The Washington Post) DAKAR, Senegal — Mali. Chad. Guinea. Sudan. Even before Burkina Faso’s army declared Monday...
Genocide Watch
Jan 25, 2022

Suspected extremists kill 47 in northern Burkina Faso
By Arsene Kabore and Sam Mednick OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Suspected Islamic extremists ambushed a convoy in northern Burkina Faso...
Associated Press 1
Aug 18, 2021


Genocide Watch Report: Countries of Special Concern January-June 2021
By Eric Ross, Nat Hill, and Jessa Mellea Genocide Watch exists to predict, prevent, stop, and punish genocide and other forms of mass...
Genocide Watch
Aug 4, 2021


More than 100 People Killed in Attack in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso’s government said that about 100 people were killed by armed assailants in the north of the country Friday night, in one the...
New York Times 1
Jun 5, 2021


Gunmen kill dozens in attack in eastern Burkina Faso
KAYA, Burkina Faso (AP) — At least 30 people were killed by gunmen in eastern Burkina Faso Monday, according to the government. The...
Associated Press 1
May 3, 2021

At least 18 killed in attacks in Burkina Faso and Mali
OUAGADOUGOU/BAMAKO (Reuters) - Suspected Islamists killed at least 18 people in attacks in northern Burkina Faso and central Mali on...
Genocide Watch
Feb 19, 2021


Women fleeing Burkina Faso violence face sexual assault
KAYA, Burkina Faso (AP) — A 20-year-old woman could no longer live in her village amid the rising violence caused by Islamic extremists....
Genocide Watch
Feb 14, 2021


UN: Burkina Faso on brink of protracted humanitarian crisis
KAYA, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso is on the brink of becoming a protracted crisis after extremist violence displaced over 1 million...
Associated Press 1
Feb 12, 2021


Grim milestone as Sahel violence displaces 2 million inside their countries
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press...
Genocide Watch
Jan 22, 2021


UNICEF Calls for End to Massacre of Children and Families in Niger
By Keminni Amanor The U.N. children’s fund has strongly condemned the killing of at least 17 minors among scores of others slain in a...
VOA (Voice of America)
Jan 7, 2021