Burkina Faso Bound

Mali: Raids on army post near Ansongo claim lives of 33 soldiers By Serge Daniel - At least 33 soldiers were killed in an attack in northern Mali this week, an army officer aid, after one of two devastating attacks in the Sahel region since Monday. Dozens of...

By Armel Baily -  "I'm happy -- it's like coming back home," said Malian refugee Ousmane Wanaher, 34, returning to the camp in northeastern Burkina Faso from which he had been driven out by jihadist attacks a year ago. The 9,000-capacity Goudebou camp is a cherished...

Burkina Faso Prime Minister Christophe Dabire on Thursday floated the idea of negotiations with jihadist groups, an idea rejected until now by President Roch Marc Christian Kabore. Kabore, who began his second term as president a month ago, and Dabire are facing a...

A priest missing since Tuesday in Burkina Faso's jihadist-plagued southwest has been found dead, security and local sources said Thursday.   "The priest's lifeless body was found in the Toumousseni Forest" in the Cascades region bordering Ivory Coast and Mali, a...