OUAGADOUGOU – An explosion at a gold mine in Burkina Faso Monday afternoon killed at least 55 people and wounded a similar number, local and medical sources told AFP. The blast, at a makeshift gold-panning site at Gomgombiro in the southwest of the country happened when a stock of dynamite blew up, said local officials … Read more
PARIS – President Emmanuel Macron hosts African leaders on Wednesday ahead of an expected announcement that France is withdrawing its troops from Mali after an almost decade-long deployment to battle a jihadist insurgency. Multiple sources have told AFP that Macron will announce that French forces will leave Mali and redeploy elsewhere in the Sahel region, … Read more
Ouagadougou – Growing up in a small village in central eastern Burkina Faso, Saturnin Zigani has a keen understanding of the challenges the African nation faces as it strives for food security. The 36-year-old said his parents were struggling to obtain a good yield from their farmland with a lack of agricultural technology, high-quality crop … Read more
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso – In Burkina Faso, hundreds of workers are saying good riddance to an ousted president they say let them starve, and hoping for a brighter future under the soldiers who toppled him. Niamba Azara, a woman road sweeper, was among many outside the capital Ouagadougou’s labour exchange who said they had not … Read more
Angelina Jolie, an Oscar winner, paid a visit to a refugee camp in Burkina Faso on Sunday, which is home to thousands of Malians fleeing violence in the region. As part of her duty as an ambassador for the UN refugee agency, the UNHCR, Jolie paid a visit to the Goudebou camp in the northeast … Read more
At least 15 worshipers have been killed in mass shooting by armed men on a mosque in northern African country Burkina Faso. According to British media, 15 died on spot after the gunmen entered the Grand Mosque and started shooting aimlessly. The attack prompted many locals to flee the village which is close to the … Read more
