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IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN 200 YEARS TO CLOSE THE WORKPLACE EQUALITY GAP. HERE'S WHY IT'S GETTING WORSE.
It may take women around the world more than two centuries to achieve workplace equality, according to a new report from the World Economic Forum... READ MORE›
GHANAIAN TRAVELS 4,900 MILES FROM PARIS TO ACCRA BY CAR
Homecoming Midafternoon on Sunday, July 16, Donkoh crossed from Burkina Faso to Paga in Ghana's Upper East region... READ MORE›
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BURKINA FASO: AT LEAST 18 DEAD IN RESTAURANT ATTACK
At least 18 people have been killed in an attack by suspected Islamist militants at a restaurant popular with foreigners in the capital of Burkina Faso... READ MORE›
BURKINA FASO LEADER URGED TO RESIGN
Related Stories Burkina Faso's opposition has renewed its call for the immediate resignation of President Blaise Compaore as hundreds of protesters gather in the capital, Ouagadougou... READ MORE›
PARTNERSHIP AIMS TO BOLSTER LOCAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
We need good information, Dr. Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization, said at an event to announce the new partnership... READ MORE›
AFRICA LEADERS IN BURKINA FOR TALKS
Under Burkina Faso's constitution, the head of the National Assembly should take office if the president resigns... READ MORE›
ZIKA VIRUS LIKELY TO SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE AMERICAS, SAYS WHO
Evidence includes temporal association between Zika outbreaks and microcephaly outbreaks both in Brazil and French Polynesia, she said... READ MORE›
DR CONGO TO EXPEL AFRICAN ACTIVISTS
DR Congo Seeks Democracy The Democratic Republic of Congo says it will deport four pro-democracy activists from Senegal and Burkina Faso arrested on Sunday... READ MORE›
MILITARY IN BURKINA FASO CONFIRMS COUP
While Burkina Faso has largely been spared from extremist violence, a Romanian national was abducted in April, and a Mali-based jihadi group claimed responsibility... READ MORE›
AID GROUPS AIM TO PUT MENTAL HEALTH ON WORLD AGENDA
Good mental health care is scarce in many parts of the United States, but it is nonexistent in most of the world... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN SURGEON AND HIS WIFE KIDNAPPED IN BURKINA FASO
An Australian couple have nbsp been kidnapped by Islamic extremists in west Africa, a spokesman for the Burkina Faso government has confirmed. nbsp... READ MORE›
ZIKA VIRUS IS NO LONGER A GLOBAL HEALTH EMERGENCY, UN HEALTH AGENCY SAYS
If anything, this has been escalated in importance by becoming activities that will be continued in the long-term in the World Health Organization, he said... READ MORE›
BURKINA FASO COUP TO BE REVERSED AS VIOLENT PROTESTS CONTINUE
The African Union has suspended Burkina Faso's membership and given leaders until Tuesday to restore the former government... READ MORE›
BURKINA FASO ATTACKS: FOUR AL-QAEDA TERRORISTS - 'INCLUDING TWO WOMEN' - KILLED AFTER SPECIAL FORCES FREE 126 HOSTAGES IN HOTEL SIEGE
The United Kingdom stands with President Kabore and the people of Burkina Faso in the fight against terrorism, he said... READ MORE›
DENGUE FEVER KILLS 20 IN BURKINA FASO
Dengue fever has killed at least 20 people in the West African state of Burkina Faso, where about 2,000 cases of the disease have been recorded... READ MORE›
GUNMEN ON MOTORCYCLES ATTACK TURKISH RESTAURANT IN BURKINA FASO, KILLING 18
He said at least 20 other people were injured in the attack on the Aziz Istanbul restaurant, a spot popular with foreigners in the capital, Ouagadougou... READ MORE›
BURKINA FASO PROTESTERS SET FIRE TO PARLIAMENT
Government spokesman Alain Edouard Traore issued a statement Wednesday hailing the vitality of Burkina Faso's democracy despite what he termed anti-government misbehaviour ... READ MORE›
SUICIDE RATE IS HIGHEST IN EUROPE
Almost 800,000 deaths by suicide occurred in 2015, according to World Health Statistics, a publication from the World Health Organization WHO ... READ MORE›
FRENCH FORCES KILL MILITANTS IN MALI FOREST
France says its forces in West Africa have killed or captured more than 20 militants in a forest near Mali's border with Burkina Faso... READ MORE›
OPTIMISM ABOUNDS AS BURKINA FASO VOTES FOR PRESIDENT
The last year has been a tumultuous one for Burkina Faso... READ MORE›
TERRORIST ATTACKS CIVILIAN DEATHS AND A QUESTION WHY
He was like many Burkina Faso people selfless, kind, eager to convey joy and love, Mr. Vardy wrote in an email exchange... READ MORE›
BURKINA FASO MILITARY INSTALLS GENERAL AS NEW HEAD OF STATE AFTER COUP
Burkina Faso's military has installed a general loyal to a former President as the new head of state, in a coup three weeks before national elections... READ MORE›
THE RISE AND FALL OF BURKINA FASO'S COUP
The Balai Citoyen movement, initiated by Burkina Faso's youth, was an important element in last year's 30 October popular upheaval which toppled Compaore... READ MORE›
PANELS ADVISE BOLSTERING WHO FOR CRISES LIKE EBOLA
Problems with outbreak preparedness reach far beyond the World Health Organization... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 20 REPORTED DEAD, 63 HOSTAGES RELEASED
Burkina Faso hotel attack At least 20 reported dead, 63 hostages released... READ MORE›
BURKINA FASO VOTES AFTER YEAR OF POLITICAL TURMOIL
RELATED Burkina Faso elections Not a one-man race Al Jazeera's Mohammed Adow reporting from the capital, Ouagadougou, said there were long queues in most polling stations... READ MORE›
AL-QAEDA CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR ATTACK ON UPSCALE HOTEL IN BURKINA FASO
Attackers struck an upscale hotel popular with westerners in Burkina Faso's capital late Friday... READ MORE›
WHO ZIKA NO LONGER A WORLD HEALTH EMERGENCY
The gambusia eat the larvae of the Aedes aegypti mosquito which is the one most responsible for the spread of the Zika Virus... READ MORE›
BURKINA FASO ATTACK SIGNALS SPREAD OF ISLAMIST MENACE
Until recently, Burkina Faso had been spared the Islamist violence afflicting nearby states... READ MORE›
BURKINA FASO BEGINS MOURNING AFTER HOTEL ATTACK
President Roch Marc Christian Kabore said the people of Burkina Faso must unite in the fight against terrorism ... READ MORE›
US INCREASES ANTITERRORISM EXERCISES WITH AFRICAN MILITARIES
In Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, United States Army troops simulated an elaborate hostage rescue with West African forces this month... READ MORE›