Located in Africa's Sahel region, Burkina Faso is currently grappling with one of the world’s fastest growing displacement crises. Notably, it holds the fourth position on the IRC's 2024 Watchlist, an ...

Lawmakers in Burkina Faso on Monday voted to recriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations in the country. According to the amended Persons and Family Code, anyone convicted of engaging in ...

"We are at a critical moment in our history. This is a programme of truth, a programme of rupture", Paul Kaba Thieba told AFP. Thieba, who cut his teeth in west African policy as an economist and ...

In a new report, UNICEF examines the status, trends, inequities and drivers of child food poverty in early childhood — and how some countries are successfully addressing it. A mother feeds her ...

OUGADOUGOU, (May 13, 2024) – The number of children in Burkina Faso facing emergency levels of hunger looks set to surge fivefold to about 210,000 by the middle of this year without an urgent ...

Salif Tiendrébéogo left Burkina Faso in search of a better life. He spent five years travelling through seven countries. In the en ...

WASHINGTON, September 28, 2023 – The World Bank today approved $200 million in financing from the International Development Association (IDA)* for the Secondary Cities Urban Mobility and Development ...

The Central Sahel Monitor aims to report on recent economic developments in the Central Sahel, including World Bank projects. The Central Sahelian countries are Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Chad.

The Post traveled to Burkina Faso to shed light on President Ibrahim Traoré’s remarkable reinvention — from obscure junta leader to political icon.