This dedicated all-formats team developed a sensitive story around the lives of women struggling to raise awareness of the threat posed by COVID-19 in one of the world’s least developed nations, where ...

Item 1 of 16 Tene Konate, 42, a truck driver, climbs on her dumper truck at the gold mine site, operated by Endeavour Mining Corporation in Hounde, Burkina Faso February 12, 2020.

The news initiative in charge of this program, The Africa Women Journalism Project (AWJP), is conducting research with the goal of launching a new journalism fellowship in the francophone countries of ...

At least 50 women were abducted by Islamic extremists in Burkina Faso's northern Sahel region last week, a local official said Monday. The kidnappings occurred on January 12 and 13 approximately ...

WASHINGTON, September 19, 2024 - The World Bank today approved a $100.4 million Human Capital Protection Project to support the government's efforts to deliver basic social services in Burkina Faso.

Poor harvests set to exacerbate food insecurity and poverty Over 40% of people in Burkina Faso live below the poverty line. The escalation of conflicts, rising insecurity and increasing climate ...

Authorities in Burkina Faso have confirmed that about 170 people, including women and children, were killed in “massive bloody attacks” that targeted three villages in the north of the country on a ...