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March 7, 2021 at 12:37 pm

At least 20 dead, 600 wounded in Equatorial Guinea blasts

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — A series of explosions at a military barracks in Equatorial Guinea killed at least 20 people and wounded more than...

February 16, 2021 at 4:25 am

France, West Africa step up counterterrorism efforts VIEW

PARIS (AP) — Leaders from five West African nations and France agreed Tuesday to step up the fight against Islamic extremists in the Sahel region...

February 14, 2021 at 12:54 am

Women fleeing Burkina Faso violence face sexual assault VIEW

KAYA, Burkina Faso (AP) — A 20-year-old woman could no longer live in her village amid the rising violence caused by Islamic extremists. But she...

February 12, 2021 at 4:54 am

UN: Burkina Faso on brink of protracted humanitarian crisis

KAYA, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso is on the brink of becoming a protracted crisis after extremist violence displaced over 1 million people, a...

February 7, 2021 at 1:45 am

Burkina Faso hospitals struggle with new wave of COVID-19 VIEW

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — For nearly a year, Ousseni Yanogo thought he was doing everything he could to protect himself from the coronavirus. The...

January 15, 2021 at 12:23 am

Rare conviction of South Sudan soldiers for rape raises hope

YEI, South Sudan (AP) — First, the soldiers stole their belongings. Then they took their food. On their third and final visit, the woman said,...

In this Thursday Dec. 17 2020 photo, three-year-old Peter Sebit stands outside a health clinic in Pibor, South Sudan, waiting to get food supplements. South Sudan is one of four countries with areas that could slip into famine, the United Nations has warned, along with Yemen, Burkina Faso and northeastern Nigeria.(AP Photo/Sam Mednick) AAS107 AAS107

December 23, 2020 at 11:03 pm

‘Mom, we need food’: Thousands in South Sudan near famine VIEW

South Sudan is one of four countries with areas that could slip into famine, the United Nations has warned, along with Yemen, Burkina Faso and...

December 11, 2020 at 12:26 am

New report says part of South Sudan is in ‘likely famine’ VIEW

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — One county in South Sudan is likely in famine and tens of thousands of people in five other counties are...

November 27, 2020 at 1:59 am

Students in Burkina Faso fear extremists more than COVID-19 VIEW

DORI, Burkina Faso (AP) — Balkissa Barro’s been waiting for months to go back to school, but now that she has, the 10-year-old fears classes...

November 26, 2020 at 6:10 am

Burkina Faso president Roch Marc Christian Kabore re-elected

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — President Roch Marc Christian Kabore will serve another five years as Burkina Faso’s president, according to provisional results announced by...