In Burkina Faso, more than 70 languages are spoken, armed conflict continues to escalate and half the country’s psychiatrists have left. With few mental health services…
Soldiers intervened to save the country from failing civilian leadership but no one knows what is meant to happen next
The capital came under multiple attacks on Friday when five armed men opened fire on passersby before heading towards the embassy
The u is disappearing all over Africa, and maybe the Gates Foundation is to blame.
For all its flaws, the democratic spirit at Fespaco makes it unique among the world’s movie events.
President Blaise Compaore appointed a former ambassador to France as the new prime minister, hoping to restore stability after violent protests.
Burkina Faso’s president, facing a military mutiny, strove to reassert his authority on Friday after mass protests and a night when soldiers ran riot.
Burkina Faso voted on Sunday in a presidential poll, which appeared to generate little enthusiasm and was expected to keep Blaise Compaore in power.
Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in several towns in Burkina Faso, one of the world’s poorest countries, on Wednesday to protest the rising cost of living as…
A coalition of civil society organisations that on Saturday mobilised several thousand people to take to the streets of Ouagadougou and other towns and cities in Burkina Faso has…
World economic growth could miss the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) forecast of 4,1% this year if United States and European banks disclose more major losses on the subprime…
Rapid economic growth rates in Africa are at risk from a global downturn, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) told West African leaders on Monday. The IMF has cut…
The growing promotion of environmentally-friendly biofuels is raising questions for Africa: Are such fuels a threat to food security or a golden opportunity to cut down on fossil…
Leaders of Côte d’Ivoire were to meet on Tuesday with President Blaise Compaore of neighbouring Burkina Faso to fine-tune details of a peace deal brokered by him. Ivorian…
Nigerian director Newton Aduaka lifted the top prize at Africa’s most prestigious film festival for Ezra, the tale of a child soldier who struggles to readapt after Sierra…
Africa’s biggest film festival opens on Saturday in the capital of Burkina Faso hoping for a revival of the continent’s ailing cinema industry. The Pan-African Film and…
West Africa plans to ask the European Union for a two-year delay to a planned economic partnership agreement (EPA), leaders said at a summit on Friday, but the EU’s executive…
For Mady Daboné, Europe beckons. ”Staying here … is misery,” says the 30-year-old from the village of Begdo in eastern Burkina Faso, adding that several of his friends are…
Burkina Faso launched an effort on Sunday to offer identity cards to hundreds of women chased from their village for alleged witchcraft and often forced to live on society’s…
South African President Thabo Mbeki, who is battling to jumpstart Côte d’Ivoire’s stalled peace process, ended talks on Tuesday with President Laurent Gbabgo and Burkina Faso’s…
