Burkina Faso is a west African dryland country known for its diverse ecosystems, including savannas, forests and wetlands.

The World Bank’s latest policy note explores how Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) can be strengthened in conflict-prone areas ...

A sprawling green belt covering 2,000 hectares now encircles Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital, serving as both a barrier ...

The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

Three Ghanaians have told the BBC of their involvement in the fighting between Islamist insurgents and the military in neighbouring Burkina Faso, describing scenes of sometimes indiscriminate ...

Interview. Activist Dayamba Bindré Roger warns that crises and conflicts increase vulnerability, making people easy targets ...

Four Moroccan truck drivers who were kidnapped in West Africa over the weekend were released in Niger, officials said. The drivers were the latest victims of insecurity in the Sahel, an arid swath of ...

Mali and Burkina Faso criticised Ecowas' "inhuman" sanctions and vowed to ... Ecowas will lose 76 million of its 446 million people and more than half its total geographical land area. There are also ...

As part of my PhD research, I investigated the changing use of the land between 2000 and 2022 in one of Burkina Faso's key wildlife reserves, the Bontioli nature reserve. Located in the south-west ...