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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.
Forced out of their homes by armed groups, displaced families in Burkina Faso rely on humanitarian aid to meet their children ...
Mali’s military government has seized over $117 million worth of gold from Barrick’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: B) Loulo-Gounkoto mine, ...
Burkina Faso is many things. The country is considered to be the epicenter of global terrorism today. It is ranked number one ...
Terrorist groups are becoming more daring with increased attacks on military camps across the west Africa region.
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Republic are among 54 African countries that will be hosted in Nigeria for the maiden African Chiefs of Defence Staff Summit in ...
A double attack Friday by suspected jihadists near Niger's western border with Burkina Faso left 10 troops dead, authorities ...
A l-Qaeda affiliate Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) is the main group behind a surge in militant jihadist attacks ...
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Nigeria falls behind in healthcare, especially in the northern areas, in comparison to the junta-led Sahel countries of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, according to billionaire philanthropist Bill ...
General Abdourahamane Tiani, who secured his first presidential mandate at the end of March, is trying to maintain the ...