Tag: West Africa
Growth in Burkina Faso gold mining fuels human trafficking
<p>SECACO, Burkina Faso — For months, human traffickers beat and drugged Blessing, hauling the 27-year-old from one gold mine encampment to the next, where...
Bodies of 3 Europeans ambushed in Burkina Faso flown home
<p>MADRID — A plane carrying the bodies of three Europeans killed by jihadists in Burkina Faso this week while they were filming a documentary...
UN focuses on demand to repatriate foreign fighters in Libya
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council held an informal meeting Thursday focusing on the repatriation of more than 20,000 foreign fighters and mercenaries...
Germany to return Benin Bronzes looted during colonial era
<p>BERLIN — Germany is returning hundreds of artifacts known as Benin Bronzes that were mostly looted from western Africa by a British colonial expedition...
Growth in Burkina Faso gold mining fuels human trafficking
SECACO, Burkina Faso — For months, human traffickers beat and drugged Blessing, hauling the 27-year-old from one gold mine encampment to the next, where...
Bodies of 3 Europeans ambushed in Burkina Faso flown home
MADRID — A plane carrying the bodies of three Europeans killed by jihadists in Burkina Faso this week while they were filming a documentary...
Germany to return Benin Bronzes looted during colonial era
BERLIN — Germany is returning hundreds of artifacts known as Benin Bronzes that were mostly looted from western Africa by a British colonial expedition...
18 people killed in north Burkina Faso attack
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — An attack by gunmen in Burkina Faso’s north this week has killed at least 18 people and severely injured one,...
Burkinabe fighters seek protection with spiritual traditions
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Antoine Ouedraogo didn’t run when Islamic extremist fighters killed his colleagues only feet away from him in northern Burkina Faso....
18 people killed in north Burkina Faso attack
<p>OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — An attack by gunmen in Burkina Faso’s north this week has killed at least 18 people and severely injured one,...