Tag: Burkina Faso
ELW delivers field kitchens to Burkina Faso
Johannesburg-based ELW Global have delivered ten diesel-fired mobile field kitchens to Burkina Faso’s defence force, in the second contract signed with the West African...
Another Burkina Faso church attack
At least 14 people were killed in an attack on a church in eastern Burkina Faso on Sunday, government said.
The identity of the...
Jihadists strike gold in the Sahel
People around Pama, a West African town on the edge of vast forested conservation areas, had long been forbidden by government to dig for...
Mali accused of unauthorised military operation
The Malian army had no authorisation to cross into Burkina Faso and kill three people during a spate of ethnic violence last week government...
Burkina Faso mine workers sought extra protection before ambush
Five months before an ambush killed 39 colleagues, local workers at a Canadian-owned gold mine in Burkina Faso pleaded with managers to fly them...
How a preacher sent gunmen into Burkina Faso schools
When an Islamist preacher took up the fight in Burkina Faso’s northern borderlands almost a decade ago, his only weapon was a radio station....
Boungou mine will only re-open when area is secure
Canadian gold miner Semafo will not resume operations at its Boungou mine in Burkina Faso until security in the area is assured following last...
“So many dead” – survivors on Burkina Faso ambush
A mine worker shot during an ambush on a mining convoy in Burkina Faso said he was one of only three survivors from a...
Dozens still missing after mine convoy attack
Dozens of people were still missing on Thursday after an ambush near a Canadian-owned mine in Burkina Faso killed at least 37 and wounded...
Australians killed in Burkina Faso convoy attack
Australian mining services provider Perenti Global Ltd said 19 employees were among the more than three dozen people killed in a ambush of a...