SAM MEDNICK

May 8, 2022 at 2:04 am

Burkina Faso’s displaced numbers swell amid jihadi violence VIEW

The West African country of Burkina Faso has 2 million displaced people who have fled rising violence from Islamic extremist groups.

April 26, 2022 at 2:13 am

Hunger grips Burkina Faso due to increasing jihadi violence

Hunger is soaring across conflict-ridden Burkina Faso, a result of increasing violence by jihadi rebels linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group, which has...

April 24, 2022 at 11:45 am

Nine soldiers among 15 killed in Burkina Faso’s north

Fifteen people have been killed in coordinated attacks in Burkina Faso’s Sahel region.

This image taken from a video shows armed men shoveling sand onto corpses in northern Mali. The French military says it has videos of Russian mercenaries burying bodies near an army base in northern Mali which it says is part of a smear campaign against the French who handed control of the base to Malian forces earlier this week. Aerial surveillance taken by the French military early Thursday and provided to The Associated Press show what appear to be 10 Caucasian soldiers covering approximately a dozen Malian bodies with sand near the Gossi military base, according to a French military officer who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press. (French Army via AP) MAL802 MAL802

April 22, 2022 at 5:55 am

French accuse Russian mercenaries of staging burials in Mali

The French military has released videos appearing to show Russian mercenaries burying bodies near an army base in northern Mali which it says is part...

Nation & World

April 6, 2022 at 8:48 am

Burkina Faso tribunal sentences ex-leader Compaore to life VIEW

A Burkina Faso military tribunal has sentenced ex-President Blaise Compaore to life imprisonment for complicity in the murder of his predecessor Thomas Sankara in 1987...

February 22, 2022 at 1:22 am

West trains Africa forces as coastal nations fret attacks VIEW

At a training site in Ivory Coast, a Ghanaian officer says he has watched neighboring countries be overrun by jihadis for nearly 10 years, wondering...

February 21, 2022 at 2:17 pm

Gold mining site blast reportedly kills 59 in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso's national broadcaster says at least 59 people are dead after an explosion at a gold mining site in the southwest.

Nation & World

February 20, 2022 at 1:08 am