Epidemic levels of the bacterial infection meningitis have now reached two districts in Burkina Faso, Gaoua in the southwest, 30 km from the Ghana...

A World Bank funded study shows that increased air pollution caused by motorbikes and dust is causing some 200 new cancer cases in the Burkina Faso...

The United Nations Population Fund has launched a campaign in Burkina Faso to drastically reduce maternal mortality by promoting assisted delivery...

Retired soldiers in Burkina Faso have rejected a government bid to ease grievances over pensions and other working conditions – complaints that...

Even in a “good” year , around one million of the 12.8 million people who live in Burkina Faso do not get enough to eat every year, mostly due to...

Salamata Sanou is one of the lucky few. Her squat, concrete house is surrounded by tarmac with wide channels to carry away rain water. Even at the...

Two and a half months after nationwide flooding in Burkina Faso, humanitarian needs requiring an “urgent response” remain, according to the UN,...

A World Health Organization evaluation of West African countries’ progress in controlling malaria has recommended that donors allocate more funds to...

Cotton industry officials in West Africa’s largest cotton producing nation are celebrating a ruling by the World Trade Organization (WTO) that US...

The end of the rainy season in Africa could trigger the worst meningitis epidemic to hit the continent in a decade, which the international...