Burkina Faso, Africa

On the eve of World Population Day, Muslim leaders agreed to promote family planning among their followers at a meeting of the country’s principal...

Clashes between nomads and farmers in Poni and Bougouriba provinces in southwestern Burkina Faso have left fifteen dead since 25 May according to...

Several hundred Malians fleeing fighting between the army and Touareg rebels in northern Mali have crossed the border into Burkina Faso since April,...

With an increased number of children living in the streets of urban areas in Burkina Faso, the government and several non-governmental organisations...

People vaccinated against meningitis are supposed to have protection for three years but health officials have announced that meningitis epidemics...

People vaccinated against meningitis are supposed to have protection for three years but health officials have announced that meningitis epidemics...

Workers from the public and private sectors throughout the country launched a two-day strike on 8 April to protest high living costs and demand...

Donors announced in March that they will invest US $1.2 billion into Burkina Faso’s water sector, to meet the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)...

A coalition of civil society organisations that on Saturday mobilised several thousand people to take to the streets of Ouagadougou and other towns...

Some 184 people have been imprisoned in Burkina Faso over the last fortnight, among them Thibault Nana, the leader of a small opposition party who is...