[VOA] Geneva -- A series of attacks by unidentified armed groups in Burkina Faso over the past 10 days has left 45 people dead and forced 17,500 people to flee their homes, the U.N. refugee agency says.

[MSF] Burkina Faso's North region hosts more than 100,000 internally displaced people who have fled recurring violence in this part of the country.

[The Conversation Africa] Earlier this month a court in Burkina Faso's capital indicted former President Blaise Compaoré for his role in the murder of his comrade, Thomas Sankara, on 15 October 1987.

[VOA] Bamako, Mali -- The killings this week in Burkina Faso of two Spanish journalists, along with an Irish conservationist, has underscored the risks journalists face in Africa's Sahel region. Press freedom supporters say threats to reporters have ...

[DW] Germany, France, Italy and Spain say they will continue to fight terrorism in Africa's troubled Sahel region following the jihadi killing of three Europeans in Burkina Faso.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Angolan ambassador to Burkina Faso, André Panzo, Wednesday in Ouagadougou, delivered the Copies of the Credentials to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alpha Barry of the West African country.

[CFR] Confirmed by the Spanish prime minister, Western media reports that two Spanish filmmakers and the Irish president of a conservation non-governmental organization (NGO) were murdered in Burkina Faso near the border with Benin on April 26.

[DW] Security sources say an anti-poaching patrol accompanied by Western journalists was targeted by armed attackers. Two Spanish and one Irish citizen were confirmed to have been killed.

[RFI] The Irish Foreign Ministry identified on Wednesday the Irishman shot dead in an ambush in eastern Burkina Faso as Rory Young, one of three Europeans killed on Monday.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Ouagadougou -- Two Spanish journalists and an Irish citizen were killed in an armed ambush on an anti-poaching patrol near a nature reserve in eastern Burkina Faso, the Burkinabe and Spanish authorities said on Tuesday.

[Africom] The award of the Knight of the Order of the Stallion is the highest honorary order awarded to individuals and legal entities for eminent service, civil or military, to the nation of Burkina Faso.

[Cameroon Tribune] Sankara's family lawyer, Guy Hervé Kam says, the government is doing all it can to see that the ex-leader is brought back to the country to stand trial.

[DW] Security sources say an anti-poaching patrol accompanied by Western journalists was targeted by armed attackers. At least two Spanish journalists have been killed.

[RFI] Two Spanish citizens and an Irish national have been killed by gunmen in Burkina Faso, according to security sources in the country. The three were taken hostage after an ambush on an anti-poaching patrol in eastern Burkina Faso on Monday.

[RSF] Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is appalled to learn that two Spanish journalists were killed yesterday in an armed attack in eastern Burkina Faso. This latest tragedy for journalism is another reminder of the considerable risks involved in rep...

[VOA] Two Spanish journalists and an Irish national were killed Monday in eastern Burkina Faso by suspected jihadist insurgents.

[DW] Security sources say an anti-poaching patrol accompanied by Western journalists was targeted by armed attackers. Those missing are believed to include Spanish and Irish citizens.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- A military tribunal in Burkina Faso has charged former president Blaise Compaore with complicity in the 1987 assassination of then-president Thomas Sankara,

[New Frame] It may have taken 34 years, but the decision to bring the murderers of Thomas Sankara to book is an important warning to assassins and their backers.

[Vanguard] The first time I saw Blaise Compaoré was at the African Union, AU, Heads of State Summit that held in Addis Ababa in 2013. At that time, at 62, he had been Burkina Faso President for 26 years, but was little respected. He slunk around lik...

[Cameroon Tribune] The trial is coming up thirty-four years after the assassination of the Burkinabe ex-leader.

[savethechildren_uk] One-third of all children under five are malnourished, warns Save the Children