Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso Enacts Law Criminalizing Homosexuality …………. Burkina Faso’s transitional government has passed a law banning homosexuality, with offenders facing two to five years in prison and fines, Al Jazeera reported. The legislation was unanimously approved by 71 unelected members…

Burkina Faso declares UN coordinator ‘persona non grata’ for involvement in child rights report —————————— Burkina Faso declared UN Resident Coordinator Carol Flore-Smereczniak persona non grata on Monday due to her involvement in co-chairing a report accusing the country’s security…

Burkina Faso Hands Life Sentences to 13 in Terrorism Cases …………….. Burkina Faso has sentenced 13 people to life imprisonment for terrorism-related offenses, including involvement in a 2018 attack on the French embassy, media outlets reported. More than 60 others…

Militant Attacks Claim Dozens of Lives in Northeastern Burkina Faso ———————————– Two militant attacks in northeastern Burkina Faso earlier this week resulted in “several dozens” of deaths among soldiers and civilians, Arab News reported. On Monday, a “major” attack targeted…

Dozens of Soldiers Killed in Northern Burkina Faso Base Attack ………………….. Around 50 soldiers were reportedly killed in an assault on a military base in northern Burkina Faso, according to a local leader and a resident, as reported by ABC…

Burkina Faso’s military government is contemplating the reinstatement of the death penalty, which was abolished in 2018, The Guardian reported yesterday. A government source confirmed that discussions are underway to reintroduce capital punishment into the penal code, pending approval from…

More than 150 individuals, including many Christians, were killed in a brutal attack by extremist Sunni terrorists in Manni, Burkina Faso, on October 6, CNA reported yesterday. Local sources reported that the ISIS insurgents cut off telephone communications before targeting…

Armed groups affiliated with ISIL and al-Qaeda have intensified their attacks on civilians in Burkina Faso, Al Jazeera reported on Wednesday citing a recent report by Human Rights Watch (HRW). The NGO documented the killing of at least 128 civilians…

At least 100 villagers and soldiers were killed in a weekend assault by Al Qaeda-linked terrorists in Barsalogho, Burkina Faso, marking one of the deadliest attacks this year, TRTWorld reported yesterday. The violence erupted as villagers were assisting security forces…

Burkina Faso’s military forces “summarily executed” 223 civilians, including at least 56 children, in two villages in February, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said in a new report. The mass killings took place on February 25 in the northern villages…