As a result, over 1.4 million people have fled their homes in search of safety – making the situation in Burkina Faso one of the fastest-growing displacement and protection crises globally. The ...

In Burkina Faso, over 2.2 million people are now in need of humanitarian assistance, almost half of them children. Burkina Faso is one of the world’s toughest countries to be a child. With very high ...

Burkina Faso is one of the poorest countries in the world, with an annual per capita income of less than $720. The country faces serious underdevelopment, with high population growth and low education ...

Before their official withdrawal in January, Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso announced their decision to leave ECOWAS in early 2024, after months of tension between the countries and the regional bloc.

The levy, which took effect last Friday, applies to all goods from ECOWAS member states entering any of the three nations, except for humanitarian aid. The Alliance of Sahel States (AES), a ...

Junta-run Mali, which has broken off ties with France, announced Tuesday it was quitting an international group of French-speaking countries, a day after its allies Niger and Burkina Faso did the ...

it was quitting an international group of French-speaking countries, a day after its allies Niger and Burkina Faso did the same. "Mali cannot remain a member of an organization whose actions are ...