Burkina Faso has taken a big step toward changing its jail system by instituting a reform that links offenders' sentences to ...

Burkina Faso has experienced a convergence of crises, including inter-ethnic violence, armed conflict, poverty, inequalities, food insecurity, and environmental change. As a result, over 1.4 million ...

Demand for food, fuelwood and land to settle on has stimulated agricultural activity, grazing and woodcutting near these protected areas. Read more: Burkina Faso study shows link between land ...

Why the ban? The reasons for Burkina Faso's decision to apply the ban are unknown, however it may be related to efforts to manage the country's domestic food security. Several West African ...

Burkina Faso 39;s current leader, Captain Ibrahim Traore, has said of Ivory Coast, We have nothing against the Ivorian people ...