Burkina Faso president fires PM amid security crisis

Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré addresses supporters during a celebration at the party’s headquarter in Ouagadougou, on Nov 26, 2020. (OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP) OUAGADOUGOU  - Burkina Faso President Roch Kabore fired his prime minister on Wednesday amid an escalating security crisis that has killed thousands and...

UN & govt: Child soldiers executed Burkina Faso massacre

Children seat by their shelter in Goudebou, a camp that welcomes more than 11,000 Malian refugees in northern Burkina Faso, on International Refugee Day on June 20, 2021. (OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP) OUAGADOUGOU - A massacre in northeast Burkina Faso in which more than 130 people were killed this...