The government of Ibrahim Traoré seeks to reduce dependence on imports in a country where 80% of the population are farmers.

This Selected Issues paper highlights trends, impacts, and policy implications in Burkina Faso. Regional insecurity has also created increased cross-border displacement, both into and out of Burkina ...

(Nairobi) – Burkina Faso authorities should urgently investigate and publicly report on the whereabouts of a journalist and two prominent critics of the country’s military junta, Human Rights Watch ...

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's gold production probably fell slightly last year due partly to security problems and attacks targeting industrial miners, the country's mines minister said on ...

Burkina Faso’s transitional parliament has passed a law that criminalizes homosexuality. This move has sparked significant debate both domestically and internationally. Burkina Faso, formerly Upper ...

Smallholder farmers enjoy improved access to subsidized fertilizer and seeds through the nationwide scale-up of the electronic distribution system supported by IDA’s COVID-19 Crisis-Response ...

Located in Africa's Sahel region, Burkina Faso is currently grappling with one of the world’s fastest growing displacement crises. Notably, it holds the fourth position on the IRC's 2024 Watchlist, an ...

DAKAR, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Burkina Faso has launched new biometric passports without the logo of West Africa's main political and economic bloc on their cover, further signalling its determination to ...

Disaffected soldiers in Burkina Faso staged a mutiny in the capital, Ouagadougou, that led to the ouster of the former junta leader, Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba, on September 30, 2022. In a ...

Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traore arrives to the Grand Palace at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on May 10, 2025 ...

6.3 million people in need of humanitarian assistance 2.1 million people are internally displaced 46 locations under siege of nonstate armed groups 40% of people live below the poverty line Support ...