Burkina Faso is one of the world’s toughest countries to be a child. With very high rates of poverty, malnutrition and food insecurity, education under attack, children forced to work and families ...

Even when compared with other developing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Burkina Faso’s some 15 million people have very poor health and economic opportunities and outcomes. Close to 50 percent of ...

Ibrahim Traoré, the 37-year-old president of Burkina Faso, is taking bold steps to reclaim control over the country's rich ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Jaroslaw Wieczorek, Mission Chief for Burkina Faso, held meetings in Ouagadougou during April 1–8 in the context of the third review of Burkina Faso's ...

Burkina Faso has experienced a convergence of crises, including inter-ethnic violence, armed conflict, poverty, inequalities, food insecurity, and environmental change. As a result, over 1.4 million ...

A West African organisation is working with local churches and rural communities in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso to support ...

And the social and economic impact of the coronavirus could wipe out five years of development progress in all the Sahelian countries (Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Chad). Nevertheless, over ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Video footage circulating on social networks of a recent civilian massacre in Burkina Faso appears to implicate government-allied militia, Human Rights Watch said ...

Burkina Faso, a landlocked nation of 20 million ... contributing to the vicious circle of poverty, violence, and extremism. “The disengagement of the West is bringing them no influence in ...

Militias allied with Burkina Faso's military junta have been linked to a "gruesome" massacre in a western city that left dozens dead this week, Human Rights Watch ...

FILE - Burkina Faso junta leader Ibrahim Traore participates in a ceremony in Ouagadougou, Oct. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Kilaye Bationo, File) Advertisement ...