Recent News Headlines : Burkina Faso

POPE MEETS PALESTINIAN LEADER IN THE VATICAN


After the papal meeting, Abbas formally inaugurated the new embassy across the street from one of the main gates of Vatican City... READ MORE

15th January, 2017 432

BANGLADESHI LAW PROPOSING CHILD MARRIAGE IN 'SPECIAL CASES' IS A STEP BACKWARDS


Girls Not Brides, a coalition of more than 650 charities, said Bangladesh's parliament was expected to consider the proposed change to the Child Marriage Restraint Act... READ MORE

13th January, 2017 15

THE WORLD IS FULL OF HORROR SO HOW CAN WE HANG ON TO HOPE


Now, Advent, that four-week waiting period for Christmas, has assumed its rightful time and place in my adult life... READ MORE

24th December, 2016 77

DEADLY ATTACK TARGETS ARMY BASE IN BURKINA FASO


Attacks in Burkina Faso were rare before a major strike by al-Qaeda-linked fighters on a hotel in the capital Ouagadougou killed 29 people in January... READ MORE

16th December, 2016 304

GIRAFFES FACE 'SILENT EXTINCTION' AS POPULATION SHRINKS NEARLY 40 PERCENT


In 1985, there were between 151,000 and 163,000 giraffes but in 2015 the number was down to 97,562, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature IUCN ... READ MORE

8th December, 2016 19137

GAMBIAA??S PRESIDENT, IN POWER 22 YEARS, LOSES ELECTION


In a concession speech broadcast on state television on Friday night, Mr. Jammeh, one of Africa's most eccentric leaders, calmly accepted his loss... READ MORE

2nd December, 2016 4348

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

23rd November, 2016 221

FRENCH PRIEST HELPS EXPOSE IS GROUP'S YAZIDI GENOCIDE


It was a chance encounter with one of them in a barber's shop in Brussels that set Father Desbois on their trail... READ MORE

19th November, 2016 446

1 YEAR ON PARIS ATTACK SURVIVORS WORK TO HEAL AND UNITE


PARIS--The flashbacks come to Denys Plaud unbidden, making it hard to work Gunshots threatening to pierce his cramped refuge in the Bataclan theatre... READ MORE

11th November, 2016 36

Trending News Headlines : Burkina Faso

LEILA ALAOUI PHOTOGRAPHER WOUNDED IN BURKINA FASO SIEGE DIES AT 33


She studied photography at the City University of New York before spending time in Morocco, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates... READ MORE

20th January, 2016 4940

WORLD'S FIRST MALARIA VACCINE APPROVED AFTER 30 YEARS OF TRIALS


Sir Andrew Witty, CEO of GSK, said Today's scientific opinion represents a further important step towards making available for young children the world's first malaria vaccine... READ MORE

24th July, 2015 3225

'AT LEAST 20 DEAD' IN OUAGADOUGOU HOTEL


Gunmen have attacked a hotel used by Westerners in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, taking hostages and reportedly killing at least 20 people... READ MORE

15th January, 2016 2878

FOREIGNERS SHOT DEAD AT BURKINA FASO LUXURY HOTEL


At least 23 people of 18 different nationalities are now known to have died after Islamist militants attacked a luxury hotel in Burkina Faso... READ MORE

16th January, 2016 1612

6 CANADIANS FROM QUEBEC KILLED IN ATTACK ON BURKINA FASO HOTEL


Burkina Faso hotel attack leaves 6 Canadians from Quebec dead... READ MORE

17th January, 2016 1539

BURKINA FASO SECURITY FORCES ATTACK HOTEL


Burkina faso security forces attack hostage-takers at hotel... READ MORE

16th January, 2016 1371

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

31st October, 2014 1364

BURKINA FASO HOTEL ATTACK: 18 NATIONALITIES AMONG DEAD


Burkina Faso's president, Roch Marc Christian Kabore, said two of the attackers had been identified as women... READ MORE

16th January, 2016 1241

BURKINA FASO ARMY TOLD TO HAND OVER POWER


Col Zida told diplomats and journalists in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, that the military had no plan to usurp power... READ MORE

4th November, 2014 1160

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

5th November, 2014 1069

TELEGRAPH INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI OF NIGERIA


How is it that Nigeria's military, which has a good record across west Africa, cannot claim back to 14 out of 774 local governorates from Boko Haram?... READ MORE

8th February, 2016 1051

ELECTION IN TANZANIA TO CHALLENGE HALF A CENTURY OF ONE-PARTY RULE


DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania The governing party which has reigned for decades is determined to extend its monopoly on power... READ MORE

24th October, 2015 1041

NIGERIANS' REPUTATION FOR CRIME HAS MADE THEM UNWELCOME IN BRITAIN, SAYS COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT


I don't think Nigerians have anybody to blame... READ MORE

6th February, 2016 1040

WHY IS IT LEFT TO US NGOS TO EXPOSE AUSTRALIAN MINING'S WRONGDOING IN AFRICA?


The economy of Eritrea has experienced considerable growth in recent years, explains the website for Australian mining company Danakali... READ MORE

27th July, 2015 915

US STRIKES KILL 150 SHABAB FIGHTERS IN SOMALIA OFFICIALS SAY


The Shabab have also retaken several towns after African Union forces pulled out... READ MORE

8th March, 2016 894

GUNMEN STAGE DEADLY SIEGE ON BURKINA FASO HOTEL


Andrew Lebovich, a specialist on political and security issues in the region, said the attack in Burkina Faso showed an evolution in the group's tactical ability... READ MORE

16th January, 2016 803

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

18th March, 2015 650

JAILED EX-PRESIDENT LINGERS AS A FORCE IN IVORIAN VOTE


Mr. Ouattara also visited Mr. Gbagbo's home region of Gagnoa last month... READ MORE

24th October, 2015 640

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

17th September, 2015 620

MILITARY UNITS IN BURKINA FASO STAND READY TO QUELL COUP


Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, was a French colony until 1960... READ MORE

22nd September, 2015 615

BURKINABE ARMY 'TO HAND OVER POWER'


Related Stories Burkina Faso's military has said it will install a transitional government, days after it seized power as President Blaise Compaore resigned... READ MORE

3rd November, 2014 593

FORMER PRESIDENT OF CHAD CONVICTED OF WAR CRIMES


Others testified about relatives who had disappeared, and former prisoners described being wounded after their limbs were tied behind their backs... READ MORE

30th May, 2016 590

20 DEAD IN POSSIBLE TERROR ATTACK IN WEST AFRICA


Gilles Thibault, the FrenchA ambassador to Burkina Faso, said on Twitter that security officials had launched an assault to rescue hostages... READ MORE

16th January, 2016 580

LEADING ROLE FOR FRANCE AS AFRICA BATTLES BACK


NDJAMENA, Chad -- Deep in the Sahara, late at night, a Reaper drone silently tracked a six-vehicle convoy crossing the desert into Niger from Libya... READ MORE

16th March, 2015 493

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

17th January, 2016 473

WHEN WE SPOKE TO LEILA ALAOUI ON TACKLING TABOOS IN ART


However, when looking at contemporary artists in the Middle East and North Africa, there is very little engaged art emerging from Morocco... READ MORE

19th January, 2016 455

AL QAEDA CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR IVORY COAST HOTEL SHOOTING IN WHICH 16 'INCLUDING FOUR EUROPEANS' KILLED AT RESORT


At around 6.30pm local time, an army officer in Grand Bassam said two attackers were encircled by special forces... READ MORE

14th March, 2016 454

BURKINA FASO: COUP ATTEMPT THWARTED, SAYS GOVERNMENT


Security officials in Burkina Faso said they had foiled another coup plot in the West African nation and blamed it on former presidential guards... READ MORE

21st October, 2016 429

GUNMEN KILL 16 IN MASSACRE AT IVORY COAST RESORT


Six armed gunmen attacked the Ivory Coast beach resort town ofA Grand-Bassam... READ MORE

13th March, 2016 416

KEN ELLIOTT AND WIFE JOCELYN BUILT A SURGERY FOR TWO MILLION PEOPLE FROM THE GROUND UP IN BURKINA FASO


We were very impressed by the isolation, both spiritually and medically, Dr Elliott said in an interview with The Friends of Burkina Faso charity... READ MORE

17th January, 2016 391


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