The suspension reduces the BBC's ability to reach audiences with independent and accurate news. We will continue to report on the region in the public interest and without fear or favour."
VOA stands by its reporting about Burkina Faso and intends to continue to fully and fairly cover activities in the country,
The massacres in Nondin and Soro villages are just the latest mass killings of civilians by the Burkina Faso military in their counterinsurgency operations,
The repeated failure of the Burkinabe authorities to prevent and investigate such atrocities underlines why international assistance is critical to support a credible investigation into possible crimes against humanity,
They then rounded up villagers in groups before opening fire on them,
They said we do not cooperate with them [the army] because we did not inform them about the jihadists’ movements,