Burkina Faso News

Before Ambush, Burkina Faso Mine Workers Sought More Transport Protection: Reuters

Five months before an ambush killed 39 colleagues, local workers at a Canadian-owned gold mine in Burkina Faso pleaded with managers to fly them to the site rather than go by a road that was prone to attacks, two people …

Air Algerie-operated Plane with 116 People Aboard Disappears en Route to Algiers

An Air Algerie-operated MD-83 carrying 116 passengers and crew disappeared en route from Burkina Faso in Africa to Algiers, the aircraftยดs owner said. The plane, which took off in the West African country shortly after midnight, was supposed to land …