Burkina Faso

• B.C. company Trevali reports no survivors in refuge chamber after Burkina Faso mine flood

  Trevali Mining Corp. says none of the eight workers missing since the Perkoa Mine in Burkina Faso flooded a month ago were able to reach an underground refuge chamber.

  Canada

  May 17
  
• 2 killed, 18 injured after French convoy uses force on Niger protesters

  The armoured vehicles and logistics trucks had crossed the border on Friday after being blocked in Burkina Faso for a week by demonstrations there.

  World

  Nov 27, 2021
  
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• At least 132 civilians killed in attack in Burkina Faso, officials say

  President Roch Marc Christian Kabore called the attack "barbaric."

  World

  Jun 5, 2021
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• Quebec woman returns home after abduction in Burkina Faso

  Édith Blais, the Canadian woman who was kidnapped in Burkina Faso in December 2018, has returned home.

  Canada

  Mar 27, 2020
• Quebec woman released after abduction in Burkina Faso

  A Canadian woman and her Italian travelling companion who were suspected to have been abducted in West Africa 15 months ago have been released.

  Canada

  Mar 14, 2020
• Attacks in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger: Why are jihadists thriving in West Africa?

  Recent months have seen a surge in attacks that threaten to destabilize the region. So why is it happening?

  Features

  Jan 25, 2020
• U.S. charges Malian in 2016 al-Qaeda attack in Burkina Faso that killed 6 Canadians

  Baba, 32, was captured in 2017 in Mali, where he remains in custody and is being prosecuted. Mali has no extradition treaty with the United States.

  Canada

  Jan 16, 2020
• 14 civilians dead after bus hits explosive device in Burkina Faso

  At least 14 civilians, mostly students, died Saturday after their bus hit an explosive device in northwestern Burkina Faso on the way back from a school break, according to a local official.

  World

  Jan 4, 2020
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• 35 civilians, 80 jihadists dead after attack in Burkina Faso

  Jihadist attacks are frequent in the area but the provisional toll released Tuesday evening was unprecedented.

  Crime

  Dec 24, 2019
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• ANALYSIS: Deadly attack near Burkina Faso mine highlights ‘escalating’ security situation

  This week's attack on a convoy ferrying hundreds of local employees and contractors from a mine owned by Canada’s Semafo has exposed just how vulnerable firms still are.

  News

  Nov 7, 2019