This archive report was first published on 28 November 2019.
Published on November 28, 2019, the US State Department has issued a travel advisory warning Americans against traveling to Burkina Faso.
The country has been plagued by an Islamist militant revolt since 2015, with the insurgency spreading from the north to the east.
Combining guerrilla tactics with road mines and suicide bombings, the insurgents have killed nearly 600 people, according to a toll compiled by AFP, with civil society groups putting the tally at over 1,000.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees reported in October that violence in Burkina Faso had caused over a quarter of a million people to flee their homes in the previous three months.
"The US government is unable to provide emergency services to US citizens throughout most of the country," the advisory stated.
