Uganda/Burkina Faso: Here We Go Again As Cranes Tackle Burkina Faso

Monitor

Johnny McKinstry and Uganda Cranes start the Cameroonian job far away in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso looking to making three times on the money. Read more »

Ghana: 100 KM of Ghana-B. Faso Railway Line to Be completed Aug 2020 - Joe Ghartey

Ghanaian Times

The first 100 kilometres of the 1000-kilometre Ghana-Burkina Faso rail network is scheduled to be completed by August next year, Minister of Railways Development, Mr Joe Ghartey… Read more »

Burkina Faso: At Least 37 Dead in Attack On Canadian Mining Convoy

Deutsche Welle

Gunmen ambushed five buses carrying workers for a Canadian gold mining company in an attack near a mine in Burkina Faso. It is the deadliest attack in five years of near constant… Read more »

Burkina Faso: SEMAFO: Attack on the Road Between Fada and Boungou in Est Region [press release]

Semafo

MONTREAL - SEMAFO Inc. regrets to report there was an attack on the road between Fada and the Boungou Mine site in the Est region of Burkina Faso. The incident happened… Read more »

Burkina Faso: Change of Regime Leaves Only Disillusionment

Deutsche Welle

Five years after an uprising chased Blaise Compaore from power, terrorism and its dire impact on a rural economy cast a pall over a country that had hoped for a democratic,… Read more »

Africa: Shock Finding - What African Women Say About Wife-Beating [press release]

Afrobarometer

About one in four African women - and even more African men - say wife-beating is at least sometimes justified, according to the latest Afrobarometer survey. In some countries, up… Read more »

Burkina Faso: Skyrocketing Violence Puts Children's Education On Hold

The New Humanitarian

A new school term began in Burkina Faso this month, but not for the many children living in areas affected by conflict - their education is on hold yet again. Read more »

Africa: Expanding Sahara Leaves Broken Families and Violence in Its Wake

IPS

Abdoulaye Maiga proudly displays an album showing photos of him and his family during happier times when they all lived together in their home in northern Mali. Today, these… Read more »

Burkina Faso: Over a Dozen People Killed in Attack On Mosque

Deutsche Welle

The death toll currently stands at 16 after armed men forced their way into a mosque and opened fire. Attacks of this kind have become commonplace in the region in recent years. Read more »