July 30

• World Bank to Help Bring Electricity to Urban and Rural Areas [press release]

  World Bank

  The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved a $US50 million International Development Association (IDA)* credit to support Burkina Faso's efforts to improvethe... Read more »

July 25

• Biotech Regulation Owes Much to Civil Society

  SciDev.Net

  This was the conclusion of research presented at the Science in Public Conference 2013 by Eveline Compaore, researcher at the University of Nottingham, which hosted the meeting... Read more »

July 24

• Cash and Enriched Baby Cereal to Help Face the Rainy Season

  AlertNet

  To assist the most vulnerable sections of the population in a country where food and nutritional insecurity prevail, Terre des hommes (Tdh) has launched an operation to distribute... Read more »

July 22

• Burkinabe Debate Successor to Compaore [document]

  ICG

  For the first time since 1987, succession is being openly discussed in Burkina Faso. Read more »

July 21

• Burkina Faso Keen to Draw On Tunisian Expertise in Meat Freezing and Processing

  Tunis Afrique Presse

  Tunisian investors were presented, on Sunday, with a Burkinabe public-private partnership proposal for upgrading the Ouagadougou Refrigerated Slaughterhouse (AFO). Read more »

July 20

• First Steps to Save Burkina Faso's Forests

  IPS

  Burkina Faso has just received a grant of 30 million dollars from the Forest Investment Programme to help protect the country's forests and reduce greenhouse gas emissions... Read more »

July 19

• Climate Change Could Deprive Volta River Basin of Needed Water [press release]

  CGIAR

  A new study released today finds that so much water may be lost in the Volta River Basin due to climate change that planned hydroelectric projects to boost energy and food... Read more »

July 17

• Journalists From State-Owned Media Break Silence On Excessive Government Censorship [press release]

  MFWA

  Journalists from the State-owned media are protesting the excessive censoring and editorial interference by the government and State agencies. Read more »

• Improve the Situation of Young Girl Domestic Servants [press release]

  AlertNet

  In Burkina Faso, thousands of young girls leave their home villages to seek employment as a domestic servant with a family in the city. In many cases these girls are still... Read more »

• Journalists From State-Owned Media Break Silence On Excessive Government Censorship

  MFWA

  Journalists from the State-owned media are protesting the excessive censoring and editorial interference by the government and State agencies. Read more »

July 16

• President Says 'Security Has Returned'

  VOA

  The Central African Republic's (CAR) rebel leader-turned-interim president, Michel Djotodia, said late Monday that "security has returned' to much of the CAR despite continued... Read more »

July 11

• WFP Regional Director Visits a Rice Lowland in Tibga [press release]

  WFP

  During her mission to Burkina Faso from 26 to 29 June 2013, WFP's Regional Director for West Africa, Denise Brown, visited a lowland rehabilitation project supported by WFP in... Read more »

July 09

• East Africa Plans Regional Stock Exchange

  TrustMedia

  East Africa's dream of a regional stock exchange that merges into one the stock markets of the five East Africa Community member states is likely to take off in a year or two, key... Read more »

July 08

• Police Attack Opposition Demonstrators

  MFWA

  Several opposition demonstrators and journalists are reported to have been injured when police officers on June 29, 2013, fired tear gas to disrupt a protest march at Ouagadougou,... Read more »

• Police Attack Opposition Demonstrators

  MFWA

  Several opposition demonstrators and journalists are reported to have been injured when police officers on June 29, 2013, fired tear gas to disrupt a protest march at Ouagadougou,... Read more »

July 07

• Burkina Faso Army Chief Calls On Kagame

  New Times

  President Paul Kagame yesterday received a delegation of Burkina Faso army military officials at Village Urugwiro. The officials are in the country to strengthen military ties with... Read more »

July 05

• Bafana Bafana to Face Nigeria and Burkina Faso in Honour of Madiba

  SAFA

  The South African Senior Men's National Team Bafana Bafana will play two international friendly matches in August in honour of former South African State President, Dr Nelson... Read more »

June 25

• Sahel / Mali - After Ouagadougou [analysis]

  Centre 4s

  The signing on 18 June in Ouagadougou, of the Preliminary Agreement between Malian parties, was a success. Now, it remains to see how its implementation and the stabilization... Read more »