Burkina Faso

World Food Programme will conduct a study on school feeding in the country, the first of 11 African countries selected by WFP to carry out this study

28 bodies were found in Nouna over the weekend: the government started investigation immediately; the Collective Against Impunity and Stigmatization of Communities denounced "abuses" by Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland, army auxiliaries

The State granted a subsidy of 1,5 billion CFA francs (almost €2,3 million) to film projects, a few months before the 28th Pan-African Film and Television Festival in Ouagadougou opens in of February

The 28th Pan-African Film and Television Festival in Ouagadougou will be held from 25 February to 4 March 2023; the dates have been confirmed by Cabinet Director of the Ministry of Communication, Culture, Arts and Tourism

It was supposed to end today, in Bobo-Dioulasso, the 20th edition of the National Culture Week, postponed to a date to be determined by the government due to the insecurity in the country

Number of children deprived of their families and placed in shelters for minors in difficulty and foster families amounts to 4.884, as stated by the Minister of Solidarity, Humanitarian Action, National Reconciliation, Gender and Family

EU humanitarian airlift for the people of Burkina Faso was launched in Ouagadougou on 11 November to deliver up to 800 tonnes of emergency supplies to the hardest-to-reach areas over the next three months

Government formally protested against 'false statements' by Radio France Internationale and Jeune Afrique, condemning 'cavalier and light treatment' given to the recruitment of 50.000 volunteer defence fighters for the fight against terrorism

Following jihadist attacks in the country, security deteriorated and over 4.000 people have been displaced this year in northern Togo

The government has announced a two-year training programme for 40.000 local sports managers to supervise popular sports initiatives for all