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More than a tenth of the population in Burkina Faso, a drought-stricken West African country plagued by jihadist violence, is at risk of hunger, according to government figures issued on Thursday. A ...
News Burkina Faso » Nord » Government: Burkina Faso grants mining lease to Russia's Nordgold for gold project
April 25 (Reuters) - Burkina Faso has granted an industrial mining licence to Russian miner Nordgold for a gold project, the military-led West African government said, aiming to capitalise on ...
News Burkina Faso » Nord » Government: Burkina Faso: Government-Allied Militias Linked to Massacre
(Nairobi) – Pro-government militias in Burkina Faso are implicated in video footage circulating on social networks showing the massacre of dozens of civilians in and around the western city of Solenzo ...
News Burkina Faso » Nord » Government: Nearly 200 people dead: What’s behind armed attacks in Burkina Faso?
Around 200 people have been killed and 140 injured in the Burkinabe town of Barsalogho, the latest in a long line of deadly attacks by an al-Qaeda-linked armed group, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam ...
News Burkina Faso » Nord » Government: Libyan state bank takes Burkina Faso to World Bank tribunal after military government seizes its 50% stake
Libya’s state-owned foreign investment bank has taken Burkina Faso to an international tribunal after Captain Ibrahim Traoré’s military government nationalised a commercial lender they previously ...
News Burkina Faso » Nord » Government: Burkina Faso : Déclaration de la porte-parole sur les attaques terroristes dans le Nord et l’Est du pays
The European External Action Service (EEAS) is the European Union’s diplomatic service. Since 2011, the EEAS carries out the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy to promote peace, prosperity, ...
News Burkina Faso » Nord » Government: Burkina, Mali troops kill more civilians than jihadists do, data shows
New report highlights killings by Burkina Faso military, allies Civilians' deaths part of 'regional pattern', researcher says Killings risk fuelling jihadist recruitment in Sahel, analysts say DAKAR, ...
News Burkina Faso » Nord » Government: Why Traore has opened a new front with Burkina Faso’s Muslim community
Once backed by influential Muslim scholars, Burkina Faso’s military leader is now facing a growing rift over arrests, new legislation and his campaign against what he describes as religious extremism.