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In association football, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger submit joint bids to host the 2032 Africa Cup of Nations under the Alliance of Sahel States. 2026-07-23
Seven Ghanaian traders are killed when Islamist insurgents attack Titao, Loroum Province, Burkina Faso, with the assailants burning the bodies and a vehicle. 2026-02-14
Seventeen Burkinabé soldiers, thirty-six VDP militiamen, and several dozen Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin militants are killed during fighting in Yatenga, Burkina Faso. 2023-09-5
Médecins Sans Frontières suspends its operations in Burkina Faso for an "indefinite" period, except when responding to lifesaving emergencies, following the killings of two of its Burkinabé aid workers by armed men near Dédougou on 8 February. 2023-02-17
Twenty-eight civilians are found dead in the town of Nouna, in northwest Burkina Faso. Burkinabé human rights groups say that the killings were perpetrated by pro-government militia VDP on December 15, 18, and 22. 2023-01-3
Twenty-two people are killed and many others injured during a raid by insurgents in Kossi Province, Burkina Faso. 2022-07-4
Gunmen open fire against security forces in Sourou, Burkina Faso, killing five policemen. Fifteen attackers are killed in a gunfight after the attack. 2021-10-31
At least 180 bodies have been found in mass graves in Djibo, Burkina Faso, where soldiers are fighting jihadists. It is suspected that the government forces were involved in mass extrajudicial executions. 2020-07-8
A terrorist attack at the French embassy and military headquarters in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, leaves 28 people dead and at least 50 others injured. 2018-03-2
North Korea confirms a bird flu outbreak that has forced authorities to kill over 160,000 ducks in Pyongyang. 2013-05-20