News Burkina Faso Sahel: What is behind the attacks against the Christian community in Burkina Faso?
In the north of Burkina Faso, where the population is overwhelmingly ... Composed mostly of civil servants of Sahel origin, they are viewed as foreigners and allies of the government. ...
News Burkina Faso Sahel: Building Shelters for Vulnerable Displaced Persons in Burkina Faso
The upsurge in violence in the country and insecurity in Burkina Faso’s Sahel, Centre-Nord, Nord, Boucle du Mouhoun, and Est regions have triggered an unprecedented humanitarian emergency. As of June ...
News Burkina Faso Sahel: Burkina Faso's war against militant Islamists
The country's foreign minister says tackling terrorism has become a fight "for the very survival" of the Sahel region, which incorporates for Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger. The ...
News Burkina Faso Sahel: West Africa: Hard Counter-Terrorism Lessons From the Sahel for West Africa's Coastal States
Analysis - Violent extremist groups are no longer confined to the Sahelian states of Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Chad. Their threat is spilling over into the northern regions of West African coastal states - particularly Benin, Ghana and Togo (see maps below). This was confirmed on 1 May when two French tourists and their Beninese guide were abducted in Benin's Pendjari National Park.
News Burkina Faso Sahel: Gunmen Storm Church Service, Killing 4 in Burkina Faso
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Gunmen burst into a church in northern Burkina ... The government has blamed unnamed terrorist groups operating in the country and Africa’s surrounding Sahel region. ...
News Burkina Faso Sahel: Burkina Faso Seeks Broad Sahel Anti-Terror Coalition
The foreign minister of Burkina Faso called Thursday on the international community to consider creating a counterterrorism coalition, like the ones for Iraq and Afghanistan, to better combat ...
