Strengthening service delivery and the state's presence in fragile areas. As of September 30, 2024, the World Bank's portfolio in Burkina Faso consists of 30 operations covering 12 sectors, with total ...

The last three years have been tough for Fanta Charlotte Dabone, a mother of three from the conflict-battered West African ...

The deal is part of Burkina Faso's target to achieve 95% electricity access for urban areas and 50% for rural areas by 2030. Burkina Faso gets most of its electricity from biofuels like charcoal ...

Africa 's Nontobeko Mlambo attended the 20th African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC) - the largest gathering of African investigative journalists on the continent - at Witwatersrand ...

The latest execution in Burkina Faso was in 1988, according to rights group Amnesty International. It concerned four leaders accused of an attempted coup d’état to depose president Blaise ...

Since Compaoré’s departure, Burkina Faso has seen three coups, two presidential elections, and a sharp rise in terrorist attacks. Although the country hoped for justice for historical crimes, Compaoré ...

Dozens of people have been shot dead at a mosque on the same day that a church was attacked, say the authorities in Burkina Faso. It was during early-morning prayers on Sunday that the gunmen ...

In what was widely seen as punishment for his strident criticism of Burkina Faso's military rulers ... training before being deployed to three areas - including Koumbri, one of the most dangerous ...

One of the main discoveries of a new study is the identification of new variants in genes associated with insecticide resistance in Anopheles mosquitoes, the primary vectors of malaria in West ...

Burkina Faso's military regime wants to reinstate the death penalty after the West African country abolished it in 2018, a government source told AFP on Saturday. The latest execution in Burkina ...

Burkina Faso's military regime wants to reinstate the death penalty after the West African country abolished it in 2018, a government source told AFP on Saturday. The latest execution in Burkina ...