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At least 40 civilians are killed and 42 more injured after Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin tried to take control of the town of Djibo, Burkina Faso.
2023-11-26

Burkina Faso demands that French forces withdraw from its territory after suspending a 2018 military accord that allowed the presence of French troops in the country. The ruling military junta has given France one month to complete the withdrawal.
2023-01-21

Sixteen VDP members and 14 civilians are killed during four attacks by Islamic extremists in Burkina Faso. At least ten attackers are also killed.
2023-01-19

At least 30 civilians are killed and 20 more wounded as several armed men assault a village in Foutouri, Burkina Faso. It is one of the deadliest attacks in the country's history.
2021-05-3

Incumbent president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré is declared victorious in Burkina Faso's latest general election. The voting process was overshadowed by a deteriorating security situation in the northern parts of the country primarily due to islamistic terrorism, resulting in at least one fifth of the country having been unable to participate in the election.
2020-11-26

A court in Nigeria grants 47 men another delay in their trial over homosexuality and public displays of affection with members of the same sex. Judge Rilwan Aikawa says it is the last accepted delay at the Lagos court. The men face up to 10-year imprisonment if convicted in a closely watched trial.
2020-02-5

A roadside bomb strikes a bus in Toeni Department of Burkina Faso, killing fourteen people, including students on their way to school.
2020-01-4

Thirty-five civilians are dead and six others are injured after jihadists stormed the town of Arbinda, Soum Province, Burkina Faso, and its military base, killing seven soldiers. Eighty militants were also killed.
2019-12-24

A trial at a court in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, opens to try former President Blaise Compaoré and members of his cabinet in absentia. Burkina Faso accuses Compaoré, who is in exile in the Ivory Coast, of ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising that ousted him in 2014.
2017-05-15

Ugandan police release theatre producer David Cecil on bail after charging him in connection with the staging of "The River and the Mountain", a play which references homosexuality. His court date is 18 October, with a two year jail sentence possible.
2012-09-17