Africa Burkina Faso Work will soon begin on the construction of a 4.500 sqm amusement park inside the National Museum in Ouagadougou to increase the tourist offer in the capital and enable the museum to finance itself
Africa Burkina Faso A slew of extrajudicial killings, forced disappearances, and instances of torture by Burkina Faso’s military has terrorized communities in the country’s northeast this year, according to a Human Rights Watch report
Africa Burkina Faso The humanitarian crisis in Burkina Faso is, according to the annual ranking of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), the 'most neglected in the world'; in 2022, the number of citizens in need of humanitarian aid increased by 40% compared to 2021
Africa Burkina Faso Envirinfos.net was born, a platform dedicated to the environment, accompanying the quarterly magazine Envirinfos, in printed format, launched in 2010 by the Burkinabe Ministry of the Environment
Africa Burkina Faso Over 40% of Burkinabe citizens live below the poverty line according to latest data from UNDP
Africa Burkina Faso Francis Kéré, the first African to win the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize last year, will now have an architectural scholarship at Yale named after him
Africa Burkina Faso More than 2.150.000 people will be in a food crisis situation in 2023, including internally displaced persons, a figure that represents approximately 9,9% of the population
Africa Burkina Faso The president of the Federation of Islamic Associations Burkina Faso in the Centre-North region informed the faithful of the suspension of night prayers throughout the region for security reasons
Africa Burkina Faso The Thomas Sankara University of Burkina Faso won the final of the French version of the International Criminal Court's mock trial competition, which took place in Courtroom I of the ICC in The Hague
Africa Burkina Faso The ruling junta in Burkina Faso on Monday ordered the 'sine die' suspension of France 24's broadcasts on its territory, following an interview the news channel gave to the leader of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in early March
Africa Burkina Faso Over USD 3 million to support "the education emergency in Burkina Faso" will be mobilized following a Memorandum of Understanding between the Qatar Development Fund and Burkina Faso
Africa Burkina Faso The 28th Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou closes today with 15 fiction features competing to win the Golden Stallion of Yennenga, Fespaco's highest award
Africa Burkina Faso The prime ministers of Burkina Faso and Mali, who co-chaired a joint Mali-Burkina Faso Council of Ministers, said they had laid the foundations for a federation between the two neighbouring states 'which share common challenges'