At least 50 women were abducted by Islamic extremists in Burkina Faso’s northern Sahel region last week, a local official said Monday. The kidnappings occurred on January 12 and 13 approximately ...

Gunmen abducted some 50 women in Burkina Faso’s northern province of Soum on January 12 and 13, the government has said. Armed men seized the women as they were picking wild fruit outside the ...

dakar, senegal — At least 50 women were abducted by Islamic extremists in Burkina Faso’s northern Sahel region last week, a local official said Monday. The kidnappings occurred January 12 and ...

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso – Burkina Faso’s army has freed 66 women and children who were abducted earlier this month by Islamic extremists while gathering food in the country’s northern ...

UNODC Supports Burkinabe Female Community Leaders to Strengthen the Role of Women in Countering Radicalization and Violent ...

By Elian Peltier Reporting from Dakar, Senegal. Armed assailants kidnapped about 50 women in northern Burkina Faso last week, the government said on Monday, the latest security incident in the ...

A group of women and girls foraging for wild fruits were abducted by armed men in separate incidents in Burkina Faso, the government said Monday. Around 50 women and girls were taken in the ...

Officals in Niger say armed men have killed 34 soldiers in western Niger near the tri-state border with Mali and Burkina Faso ...

When Assita Kanko was 10 years old, she pictured herself as president of her native Burkina Faso -- with a mission to stamp out female genital mutilation, and further women's rights. As it turned ...