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Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traore arrives at the Grand Palace at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on May 10, 2025. (Stanislav Krasilnikov/RIA Novosti via AP, file)

Burkina Faso bans homosexuality with prison terms and fines for offenders

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Dr. Claudette Yaméogo, Burkina Faso's only ophthalmologist specializing in treating children, checks Isaka Diallo who has lost vision in his left eye at the Sanou Sourou University Hospital in the city of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Elia Borras)

Burkina Faso’s only eye doctor for children sees the trauma of both play and conflict

By Elia Borras - Associated Press

In this image from video posted on a Wagner Group-affiliated Telegram channel in July 2024, a man in a Burkina Faso armed forces uniform uses a machete to cut up a dead body lying on the ground. (AP Photo)

A confidential brief urges the ICC to investigate Wagner’s promotion of atrocities in West Africa

By Monika Pronczuk and Sam Mednick - Associated Press

FILE - Leader of Mali's ruling junta Lt. Col. Assimi Goita, center, attends an independence day military parade in Bamako, Mali on Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo, File)

Extremists kill dozens of soldiers at a Mali military base, sources say

By Baba Ahmed - Associated Press

Burkina Faso junta leader Ibrahim Traore participates in a ceremony in Ouagadougou, Oct. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Kilaye Bationo, File)

Burkina Faso junta appoints new prime minister

Associated Press

Women attend the Conference in Solidarity with the people of the Sahel in Niamey, Niger Wednesday, November 20, 2024 (AP Photo)

Africa’s junta-led nations use music to push their latest anti-imperialism drive

Associated Press

FILE - A mural reading "Stay vigilant and mobilised" is seen in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Wednesday March 1, 2023. (AP Photo, File)

Burkina Faso put civilians at ‘unnecessary risk’ during militant attack, rights group says

By Mark Banchereau - Associated Press

FILE - A mural reading " remain vigilant and mobilised" is seen in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Wednesday March 1, 2023, in a region shaken by extremist uprisings and military coups. (AP Photo, File)

Burkina Faso village survives surprise attack by 1,000 terrorists

By Pastor Moses and Global Christian Relief – Higher Ground Partner

FILE - An unidentified representative of the junta waves from a military vehicle as Malians supporting the recent overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita gathers to celebrate in the capital Bamako, Mali, on Aug. 21, 2020. The coup-hit nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso were meeting on Saturday, July 6, 2024 in their first regional summit that officially sets them apart from the West Africa regional bloc after earlier announcing they were leaving the bloc. (AP Photo/File)

The hidden hand behind the ISIS/Al Qaeda takeover of a vast stretch of Africa

By Jeff King and International Christian Concern – Special to Higher Ground

A soldier applauds the presidential inauguration of Junta leader Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba during his swearing-in ceremony broadcast on national television on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso suspended the BBC and Voice of America radio stations for their coverage of a report by Human Rights Watch on the mass killing of civilians carried out by the country's armed forces. According to the report published by Human Rights Watch on Thursday, April 25, 2024, the army killed some 223 civilians, including 56 children, in villages accused of cooperating with militants. (AP Photo/Sophie Garcia, File)

BBC and Voice of America suspended by Burkina Faso after covering report on mass killings

By Jessica Donati - Associated Press

FILE - A mural is seen in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Wednesday March 1, 2023. Three survivors of an attack in Zaongo, central Burkina Faso, told AP that dozens of people were killed in their village on Nov. 5 when security forces attacked. One of the survivors, a 32-year-old farmer, said he photographed the horrific scenes of bodies as proof of the carnage before fleeing. (AP Photo, File)

Burkina Faso’s security forces are killing more civilians. Survivors detailed 1 village’s massacre

By Sam Mednick and Michael Biesecker - Associated Press

In this image taken from video provided by ORTN, Col. Maj. Amadou Abdramane, front center, makes a statement on July 26, 2023, in Niamey, Niger, as a delegation of military officers appeared on Niger State TV to read out a series of communiques announcing their coup d'etat. The U.S. is scrambling to assess the future of its counterterrorism operations in the Sahel region of Africa after the ruling junta in Niger announced it was ending military cooperation with Washington. (ORTN via AP, File)

Attack on Nigerien forces kills 23 soldiers and underscores continued conflict with militants

Associated Press

Algeria's Baghdad Bounedjah, right, celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the African Cup of Nations Group D soccer match between Algeria and Burkina Faso at the Peace of Bouake stadium in Bouake, Ivory Coast, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Bounedjah scores late for Algeria to draw with Burkina Faso 2-2 at Africa Cup

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Daouda Diallo, one of Burkina Faso's most prominent human rights defenders poses for a photograph, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Thursday Feb. 3, 2022. Daouda Diallo — who won the Martin Ennals awards for human rights in 2022 — was taken to an unknown location by men who accosted him in the nation's capital city on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023 the local civic group which Diallo founded said in a statement. (AP Photo/Sophie Garcia, File)

Burkina Faso rights defender abducted as concerns grow over alleged clampdown on dissent

By Chinedu Asadu - Associated Press

An aerial view shows a camp of internally displaced people in Djibo, Burkina Faso, May 26, 2022. Videos published by the state-run RTB Television on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, showed large groups of people riding motorcycles around a swathe of desert land as they appeared to be running from aerial bombardments. It was not immediately clear the number of civilians and security forces killed during the Sunday attack near Mali's border and involving about 3,000 rebels, according to the broadcaster. The Associated Press could not confirm the authenticity of the videos. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)

At least 40 civilians killed by al Qaeda-linked rebels in a Burkina Faso town, U.N. says

By Chinedu Asadu - Associated Press