Burkina Faso

Thirty die in Mali-Burkina Faso ethnic border clash

24 May 2012

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - At least 30 people have been killed after clashes erupted between Dogon farmers and nomadic Fulani herders along the Mali-Burkina Faso border, Burkina authorities said late on Thursday. The fighting, which began on Tuesday, took place near Sari, a Malian town about 15 km (9 miles) from the border with Burkina Faso, Khalil Bara, governor of Burkina Faso's northern region ...

Burkina Faso-Mali clashes kill 25

24 May 2012

At least 25 people have been killed in days of tribal clashes over land rights along the Burkina Faso-Mali border, officials say.

30 killed in ethnic clashes on Mali-Burkina Faso border

24 May 2012

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso -- At least 30 people from the Peul ethnic group were killed in clashes over land rights at the border between Burkina Faso and Mali this week, and as many as 1,000 others have fled fearing more violence, according to the governor of Burkina's northern region.