Suspected terrorist attack on Protestant Church leaves 14 people dead in Burkina Faso
The president of Burkina Faso said on Sunday that more than a dozen people were killed during a suspected terrorist attack on a Protestant church...
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The Islamic State is not dead it just moved to Africa
Illegal armed groups are opportunistic by nature. They usually start their operations and recruit followers in countries where there is poverty, corruption, religious conflict or...
Extremist terror groups strike gold in Africa’s Sahel
For Islamic extremists, African gold mines are a treasure trove both of explosives and funds to recruit new members and buy arms. Around Pama, a...
Three soldiers killed the latest attack in northern parts of Burkina Faso
Three soldiers were killed on Thursday in two simultaneous attacks in northern Burkina Faso, where the armed forces are struggling to contain an Islamist insurgency,...
How a Islamic preacher sent gunmen into Burkina Faso’s schools?
When an Islamist preacher took up the fight in Burkina Faso’s northern borderlands almost a decade ago, his only weapon was a radio station. The...
Ten terrorists killed during their ambush on gendarmerie post in eastern Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso defense and security forces on Monday killed over ten terrorism suspects in fighting back an attack on a gendarmerie post in the east...
At least 37 people are killed in Burkina Faso’s deadliest attack in the latest five years
An ambush on a convoy transporting employees of a Canadian mining company in Burkina Faso killed 37 people on Wednesday, the deadliest attack in nearly...