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An RAF Chinook heavy lift helicopter resupplies French and partner troops during the France-led Operation Aconit, which targeted IS militants in Mali and Niger between June 7 and 19, 2019.
France Operation Barkhane

French soldier seriously injured in Mali by landmine
Updated map of Burkina Faso from the French ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2019
Burkina Faso - Terrorism - Sahel

Burkina Faso humanitarian crisis could become next Syria, warns WFP
French President Édouard Philippe in a bilateral meeting with Senegal's President Macky Sall
Sahel - France

Mali peacekeeping mandate must be strengthened, says Senegal's Sall
Malian soldiers in Anderamboukane, near the border with Niger, 22 March 2019. Jihadists have been targeting soldiers on the border, launching attacks from Mali into other parts of the Sahel.
Africa - Mali - Islamist attack

60 Malian soldiers missing, 25 dead after jihadists attacks
The Burkinabe President, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (left) with Niger's Mahamadou Issoufou at the Ecowas summit, 14 September 2019.
JIHADISM

West African leaders promise billion-dollar plan to fight jihadists
Displaced people forced to flee from Boko Haram, on the border of Niger and Nigeria.
Mali - Burkina Faso - Niger - internal displacement

Internal displacement in West Africa on the rise - report
Soum province, in the north of Burkina Faso, where the attack was carried out on 19 August 2019
Burkina Faso - attack

24 soldiers killed in militant attack in Burkina Faso; others wounded, missing
A soldier patrols the streets of the Ouagadougou capital in Burkina Faso, October 2018. (Illustration photo)
Burkina Faso

At least 15 killed in jihadist attack in Burkina Faso
Dancing for all in Salia Sanou's 'Multiple-s' in the Cour Minérale at the Avignon Festival 2019

Contemporary dance piece ‘Multiple-s’ crosses language and other barriers
Supporters of murdered journalist Norbert Zongo holding his portrait in December 1998. Francois Compaore is facing charges related to his murder in Burkina Fasso.

French court validates François Compaoré extradition to Burkina Faso
Des militaires burkinabè lors d'un entrainement pour combattre le terrorisme dans l'est du pays le 13 avril 2018.

Three killed in new attack on Burkina Faso church
Heroes: Cédric de Pierrepont and Alain Bertoncello, the marines who lost their lives freeing hostages in Burkina Faso.
OPINION

Eye on France: A farewell to the finest
A French Arm video shows French soldiers of the counter-terrorism Barkhane mission carrying the coffins of Cedric de Pierrepont and Alain Bertoncello. carrying the coffins,of their comrades
France

France honours soldiers killed in Burkina Faso hostage rescue
Elite officers Cédric de Pierrepont and Alain Bertoncello killed in rescue mission.

National tribute to rescue soldiers amid row over hostage welcome
The two ex-hostages Patrick Picque (center) and Laurent Lassimouillas (l) are welcomed at Villacoublay by Emmanuell Macron (center on the back) and army chief François Lecointre (r), 11 May 2019.
France

French hostages arrive in France after eight day ordeal
The town of Djibo is the capital of Soum province in northern Burkina Faso. It has seen an increase in armed attacks
Burkina Faso-West Africa

Civilians bear brunt of surge of violence in Burkina Faso

People drive past a bronze statue of Sembene Ousmane, a Senegalese writer and film director, on the eve of Fespaco's opening. Ouagadougou, 22 Febuary 2019.

Happy birthday Fespaco! Africa's biggest film festival celebrates 50 years
Smail Chergui, the AU peace and security commissioner in Addis Ababa in April 2018

AU security chief warns 'terrorism expanding' in Sahel
A Malian soldier guards the entrance to the G5 summit in Ougadougou in August 2018.

Sahel leaders meet against backdrop of new violence
Women march against terrorism in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 12 October 2018.
Africa

Burkina Faso declares partial state of emergency
François Compaore, brother of Burkina Faso ex-president Blaise Compaore, at a summit in Ouagadougou
Africa - Burkina Faso - Compaore

France approves extradition of brother of Burkina Faso’s ex-president —20 years after journalist’s murder
Diendere speaks at the presidential palace in Ouagadougou following the coup attempt, 17 September 2015.
Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso army chief testifies and denies leading coup attempt
Valentine Van Vyve et Olivier Papegnies
Media

Visa pour l'image: Belgium journalists win Visa d'Or on Burkina Faso militias
Burkinabè special forces in front of the house where three presumed jihadists were killed on May 22nd 2018.
BURKINA FASO

Three presumed terrorists killed in Ouagadougou shootout
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