October 12
West Africa: The Role of Women in West Africa's Violent Extremist Groups [analysis]
ISS
Women's involvement in Boko Haram attacks in the Lake Chad Basin is well known. However their role in the activities of the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM),… Read more »
October 11
Burkina Faso: Urgent need to protect girls from FGM and forced marriage
AI London
· 48 girls suffered medical complications following female genital mutilation last month Read more »
October 10
Ghana: Electricity - Power Line Connects Burkina Faso to Ghana
Cameroon Tribune
Bilateral cooperation was in the limelight over the weekend in West Africa when Presidents Roch Marc Christian Kaboré of Burkina Faso and Nana Ado Akufo-Addo of Ghana… Read more »
September 24
Burkina Faso: Farmer Wins 'Alternative Nobel' for Drought-Fighting Technique
Thomson Reuters Foundation
A farmer from Burkina Faso who popularized an ancient farming technique to reverse desertification is among the winners of Sweden's "alternative Nobel prize", announced on Monday. Read more »
September 23
Burkina Faso: The 'Natural Resource Curse' and Artisanal Mines - the Case of Burkina Faso [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Is there a "natural resources curse" as economists call it? This burning question arises in all resource-rich countries where the majority of the population is living in poverty.… Read more »
October 19, 2017
Africa: Remembering Thomas Sankara On the 30th Anniversary of His Assassination [opinion]
Fahamu
Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara (1949-1987) was assassinated 30 years ago, on 15 October 1987. He was one of the most confident and outspoken anti-imperialist leaders of the late… Read more »
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