13-year-old 'Maria' spoke to us at the women's shelter pictured above in May 2015 In some parts of Burkina Faso, more than half of all girls are married off before they turn 18. They have no say in ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position ... Some estimates place the number of people displaced by violence as high as 3 million, though ...

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 ...

In a huge blow to Ecowas, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are leaving to forge ahead with their own group. Burkina Faso's Capt Ibrahim Traore had a holstered pistol in what some saw a security breach.

TASS/. Burkina Faso and Mali have placed warplanes in Niger in solidarity with the country where a military coup took place last month, and to be ready to repulse any aggression, Niger’s RTN TV ...