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 aircraft´s owner said. The plane, which took off in the West African country shortly after midnight, was supposed to land …