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I condemn the barbaric attack on the Protestant Church of Hantoukoura in the department of Foutouri which left 14 dead and several wounded, President Roch Marc Christian Kabore tweeted. (Photo: Twitter | @rochkaborepf)

14 people killed in attack on Protestant church in Burkina Faso

The identity of the gunmen is yet to be ascertained.

2 Dec 2019 1:07 PM IST

A policeman searches a vendor on a motorbike in Cinkasse, the northern Togo commercial border post with Burkina Faso. (AFP)

Ivory Coast army joins Burkina Faso in anti-jihadist operation

Burkina Faso and its neighbours Mali and Niger are battling Islamist insurgencies with links to al Qaeda and Islamic...

25 May 2020 10:54 AM IST

Local defense force fighters drive on a motorbike during an event to inaugurate a new chapter of the group in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. (AP)

Burkina Faso's volunteer fighters are no match for jihadists

In an attempt to bolster the army that failed to contain jihadist violence, the government passed a law to arm civilians...

9 July 2020 2:03 PM IST

Eighty others were wounded in the coordinated attacks in the capital Ouagadougou, which follow two other major assaults there in the past two years. (Photo: AP)

Al Qaeda affiliate claims responsibility for Burkina Faso attacks

Alakhbar reported that attacks were carried out in response to the killing of one of JNIM's leaders, Mohamed Hacen...

4 March 2018 10:00 AM IST