The death toll from Burkina Faso’s deadliest attack since 2015 hits 160 people.

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At least 100 civilians were killed in an attack in n northern Burkina Faso.

In Burkina Faso, a tribunal has opened a trial against the presumed killers of Thomas Sankara with testimonies revealing that France was involved in the putsch in 1987.

The UN says more than two million people have been internally displaced by violence in Africa’s Sahel region.

Voters go to the polls in Burkina Faso on Sunday in a presidential election dominated by militant violence that will prevent voting in hundreds of villages.

The election comes as militancy in Burkina Faso has claimed more than 1,200 lives over the past few years.

The country is one of the world's poorest and insurgency has seen more than 1,100 lives lost.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) says several mass graves with dozens of bodies have been found in a northern town in Burkina Faso.

More than a tenth of the population in Burkina Faso, a drought-stricken West African country, is at risk of hunger.