Burkina Faso
Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Burkina Faso, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 447 stories have been published about Burkina Faso which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Burkina Faso, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 447 stories have been published about Burkina Faso which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.
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Terrorism · OuagadougouThe Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for killing more than 70 soldiers, wounding dozens and taking five hostage, in an ambush on a military convoy in northern Burkina Faso.
More than 70 soldiers killed in Burkina Faso, extremists say
54% Center coverage: 15 sources
Entertainment · OuagadougouMore than 15,000 people, including cinema celebrities from Nigeria, Senegal and Ivory Coast are expected in Ouagadougou. Some 1,300 films were submitted for consideration and 100 have been selected to compete from 35 African countries and the diaspora. Nearly half of those in the fiction competition this year are directed by women.
Africa's largest film festival offers hope in Burkina Faso
44% Center coverage: 25 sources
Politics · OuagadougouBurkina Faso's revolutionary leader, Thomas Sankara, was reburied Thursday, eight years after his body was exhumed as part of an investigation.
Iconic West African leader Sankara reburied in Burkina Faso
45% Center coverage: 18 sources
US & Canada · Burkina FasoAt least 51 soldiers were killed in an ambush by suspected jihadists in northern Burkina Faso, the army said on Monday, adding that 160 of the assailants died during counter-attacks.
51 Burkina Troops Killed By In Ambush: New Army Toll
34% Center coverage: 24 sources
Troops · OuagadougouFrance and Burkina Faso have officially marked the end of French military operations in the West African nation, the Burkinabe armed forces said on Sunday, after a flag-lowering ceremony at the French special forces' camp a day earlier.
Burkina Faso announces end of French troop operations in the country
40% Center coverage: 15 sources
Troops · ParisFrance has received a request from junta-ruled Burkina Faso to withdraw its troops from the Sahel country. Around 400 French special forces are currently based in the country in a deployment dubbed "Sabre" The country has followed a similar course to neighbouring Mali, falling out with Paris after a military coup.
France to respect Burkina Faso's request to withdraw troops within a month
42% Center coverage: 31 sources
Terrorism · OuagadougouBurkina Faso’s army has freed 66 women and children who were abducted earlier this month by Islamic extremists while gathering food in the country’s northern Sahel region, according to a state television report Friday.
Burkina Faso says 66 women, children freed from extremists
53% Center coverage: 30 sources
Africa · Burkina FasoSecurity forces are searching for about 50 women kidnapped by suspected jihadists in insurgency-hit northern Burkina Faso. The landlocked West African country is one of the poorest and most volatile nations in the world. Since 2015, it has battled an insurgency led by jihadists affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group.
Search underway for 50 women abducted in Burkina Faso
43% Left coverage: 7 sources
