The Sahel has some of the world's highest birth rates, and almost two-thirds of the population is under 25 ... groups trying to leverage these." Getty Images Burkina Faso's Capt Ibrahim Traoré ...

The Sahel has some of the world's highest birth rates, and almost two-thirds of the population is under 25 ... Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Burkina Faso's Capt Ibrahim Traoré ...

Militias allied with Burkina Faso's military junta have been linked to a \"gruesome\" massacre western Burkina Faso that left dozens dead this week, Human Rights Watch said late on Friday. Read more ...

Government spokesman Pingdwende Gilbert Ouedraogo on Saturday said the images on social ... an exhausted population without fear of consequence," Allegrozzi said. The Sahel country and its ...

Burkina Faso's military rulers on Saturday dismissed accusations that the army had committed abuses against civilians in the ...

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“It’s a policy of ‘kill them all,’” said Wassim Nasr, a Sahel specialist and senior research fellow at the Soufan Center. “They are trying to terrorize the local population.