The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (https://apo-opa.co/4f9eBTb) approved loans totalling €156.66 million on November 29 to Burkina Faso and Mali for the… Read More »African Development Fund Approves Over €156 million For Upgrase Of Cross-Border Roads Connecting Burkina Faso And Mali With Côte d’Ivoire
Mali’s junta has arrested prominent politician Issa Kaou N’Djim for allegedly insulting Burkina Faso’s military leader, a crime under Malian law. N’Djim, a former ally… Read More »Mali Detains Opposition Politician Over Alleged Insult of Burkina Faso’s Junta
The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF), a leading African development organization, has today launched the “Promotion of Solar Solutions to Stimulate Green Employment in Burkina… Read More »AECF Launches Project To Promote Solar Solutions And Create Green Jobs In Burkina Faso
Locate ‘Disappeared’; Investigate Abusive Conscription; Hold Abusers to Account The Burkina Faso military junta is increasingly abducting civil society activists and political opponents as part… Read More »Burkina Faso: Abductions Used to Crack Down on Dissent
Action Will Prevent Citizens from Seeking Justice through ECOWAS Court On January 28, the three military juntas in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger announced they… Read More »Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger Quit Regional Bloc
The African Development Bank’s support is helping to forge a stronger reputation for the ISGE, which can now welcome students from several African countries Twenty-four-year-old… Read More »Burkina Faso: The African Development Bank Supports Training For Design Engineers At The Higher Institute Of Electrical Engineering (ISGE)
Investigate Possible Politically Motivated Conscription of Daouda Diallo (Nairobi) – The government of Burkina Faso should immediately investigate and provide information on the whereabouts of… Read More »Burkina Faso: Prominent Rights Activist Abducted
Junta Using Conscription to Punish Critics Burkina Faso’s military junta is using a sweeping emergency law against perceived dissidents to expand its crackdown on dissent,… Read More »Burkina Faso: Emergency Law Targets Dissidents
By Marine Olivesi Over a million children in Burkina Faso are currently affected by school closures with 6,134 academic institutions shut as of February 2023, an… Read More »Burkina Faso Home To Almost Half Of Closed Schools In Central & West Africa
Captain Ibrahim Traore of the Burkina Faso army has deposed military leader Paul-Henri Damiba and dissolved the government in the West African country’s second coup… Read More »Burkina Faso Army Overthrows The Military Government