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Residents in northern Burkina Faso say an attack by an armed group on a military base has left about 50 soldiers dead ...
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), managed by the African Development Bank, has committed a €6 million concessional finance package for the development of the 18 MW Dédougou Solar Power ...
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigration Badr Abdelatty delivered a written message from President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to President of Burkina Faso Ibrahim Traoré.The message reaffirmed Egypt's ...
Luc Pagbelguem, a journalist with the private television station BF1, and Boukari Ouoba, vice-president of the Burkina ...
Dutch developer Gutami Holding has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement with Burkina Faso’s national utility to supply ...
Dr. Claudette Yaméogo is Burkina Faso's only ophthalmologist who specializes in treating children.
BOBO-DIOULASSO, Burkina Faso — Isaka Diallo was playing with friends when a stone struck his left eye. For two weeks, his parents searched hospitals in western Burkina Faso for an eye doctor. The ...
Burkina Faso’s only eye doctor for children sees the trauma of both play and conflict BOBO-DIOULASSO, Burkina Faso (AP) — Isaka Diallo was playing with friends when a stone struck his left eye.
On paper, Burkina Faso's government covers the cost of medications and care for children under 5, but often no drugs are available in hospitals, meaning families must buy them elsewhere.
Dr. Claudette Yaméogo is Burkina Faso’s only ophthalmologist who specializes in treating children. She is one of just 70 eye doctors for the West African nation's 23 million people. Treating ...
Burkina Faso’s progress, despite the circumstances of the Traoré regime’s ascent to power and his consolidation of authority, has not only served as a refreshing departure from the typically ...
With his counterinsurgency strategy only deepening Burkina Faso’s security crisis, Traore has turned to repressing anyone he views as a threat.