Burkina Faso, Africa

Salamata Sanou is one of the lucky few. Her squat, concrete house is surrounded by tarmac with wide channels to carry away rain water. Even at the...

A World Health Organization evaluation of West African countries’ progress in controlling malaria has recommended that donors allocate more funds to...

Cotton industry officials in West Africa’s largest cotton producing nation are celebrating a ruling by the World Trade Organization (WTO) that US...

The end of the rainy season in Africa could trigger the worst meningitis epidemic to hit the continent in a decade, which the international...

Soldiers in Burkina Faso took to the streets and threatened to use force this week after talks over working conditions broke down. Around 100...

Thousands of people in western Burkina Faso will need food aid for months to come, after floods wiped out homes and farms and now a lack of rain...

Five-year-old Salamata Compaore in Burkina Faso suffers from a malformation of the heart that leads to shortness of breath, stunted growth and...

The death of a 14-year-old girl from female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) has sparked shock and anger in Burkina Faso, which has been seen as...

Floods in Burkina Faso have wiped out thousands of hectares of farmland, threatening immediate hunger for at least 3,000 households and are likely...

Running his fingers over a map of Burkina Faso, stabbing at a dozen vowel-laden names of towns and villages, Abdramane Sow traces out what senior...