In response to the report, Deputy Africa Director at HRW Carine Kaneza Nantulya commented, “Executions and disappearances by Burkina Faso’s army are not only war crimes, but they breed resentment ...

The executions coincided with a Feb. 25 report on Burkina Faso national television about a major attack on military targets in Yatenga, one of several areas affected by violent Islamist groups ...

Some 170 people including women and children have been "executed" in attacks on three villages in Burkina Faso, a public prosecutor has said. Aly Benjamin Coulibaly appealed for witnesses to help ...

The country has survived two coups in 2022. Mass executions in Burkina Faso began escalating amid jihadi violence linked to al-Qaida and the "Islamic State" group almost a decade ago, sweeping in ...

The latest execution in Burkina Faso was in 1988 ... in the use of the death penalty across sub-Saharan Africa. "Recorded executions more than tripled and recorded death sentences increased ...

Violence is spreading across Burkina Faso as the influence of nonstate armed groups grows. The International Rescue Committee provides affected communities with clean water; sanitation service support ...

Some 170 people including women and children have been "executed" in attacks on three villages in Burkina Faso, a public prosecutor has said. Aly Benjamin Coulibaly appealed for witnesses to help ...