Failure by nation-states to implement policies that include and empower vulnerable young people lies at the heart of why ...

Burkina Faso’s military junta arrested three journalists on March 24, 2025 for reporting on the government crackdown on the ...

Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta has arrested three prominent journalists, escalating its crackdown on media freedom in the West African country, according to a Human Rights Watch.

Forty-four people have been killed in a terrorist attack by the "Islamic State" militant group on a mosque in Niger. The ...

An attack by a jihadi group on a village in western Niger has killed 44 civilians, the country's Interior Ministry said.

On Tuesday, the well-known political activist and journalist Idrissa Barry was arrested by men claiming to be gendarmes in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, sparking fears he has been forcibly ...

On Tuesday, the well-known political activist and journalist Idrissa Barry was arrested by men claiming to be gendarmes in ...

Burkina Faso's military rulers on Saturday dismissed ... insisted that jihadists had attacked positions of a local civilian militia, and that some hundred "terrorists" were killed in the ensuing ...

In western Burkina Faso, a massacre allegedly carried out by militias aligned ... Videos circulating on social media depict armed men in militia uniforms and scenes of numerous casualties, including ...

Dakar, Mar 15 (AP) Video footage circulating on social networks of a recent civilian massacre in Burkina Faso appears to implicate government-allied militia, Human Rights Watch said, calling on ...