News Burkina Faso Economy: Export licensing policy for Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a member of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Military items transiting the UK are still regarded as being exported when they leave the country and are therefore ...
News Burkina Faso Economy: Burkina Faso PM urges regional effort against corruption
The Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, Mr. Christophe Dabire ... “The level of corruption is dangerous for our national economy, if we don’t fight against it, we won’t have development or ...
News Burkina Faso Economy: Burkina Faso: Persistence Pays - Powering a Green Economy
The sun fades fast on a small village surrounding the outskirts of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital city. Shadows fall in long dark lines across a neat row of houses. A group of school children race through the alleyways on their way home, clutching their school books.
News Burkina Faso Economy: Burkina Faso parliament set ablaze in protest
Burkina Faso is typically known for relative stability and economic growth in a volatile region, but tensions have been rising ahead of the vote, which the European Union had warned could jeopardise ...
News Burkina Faso Economy: Africa's Megacities a Magnet for Investors
Analysis - Megacities, cities with a population of at least 10 million, are sprouting everywhere in Africa. Cairo in Egypt, Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Lagos in Nigeria are already megacities, while Luanda in Angola, Dar es Salaam in Tanzania and Johannesburg in South Africa will attain the status by 2030, according the United Nations.
News Burkina Faso Economy: Former ECOWAS Commission chairman dies
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The former chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Beninese Marcel Alain de Souza (66) died Wednesday in Paris, an official statement issu
News Burkina Faso Economy: Nigeria: Inequality At Crisis Level in Nigeria, Other West African Countries - Oxfam
Burkina Faso, Benin and Guinea; while Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and Senegal were among the 10 fastest-growing economies in the world. Oxfam noted that the region has seen impressive economic growth in ...
News Burkina Faso Economy: A dangerous ideological battle in Africa's Sahel arena
Presidents of Burkina Faso Roch Marc Christian Kabore ... Because beyond the fight against terrorism and the enormous economic interests which are at stake, Africa has in fact become the centre of ...
News Burkina Faso Economy: Funding from Gulf Arab states helping jihadists in Burkina Faso, charity says
While noting that the situation in Burkina Faso has not reached the level of ... then they started targeting economic and financial infrastructure like hotels …Then, they attacked the military ...
News Burkina Faso Economy: Burkina Faso: French Court Validates François Compaoré Extradition to Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso has welcomed the ruling by France's highest court approving the extradition of François Compaoré. The brother of ousted president Blaise Compaoré is facing prosecution for the murder of a journalist in 1998.
News Burkina Faso Economy: Burkina Faso Minister calls for efficient judiciary in fight against terrorism
Burkina Faso's Minister of Justice, Réné Bagoro, said on Monday in Ouagadougou that it has become imperative for the country to have an efficient judiciary in the fight against terrorism Economy ...
News Burkina Faso Economy: Initiative: Eau CEO meets with Ambassador of Burkina Faso to the United Nations
The organization currently conducts programming in Burkina Faso and Nigeria. Its vision is a world where everyone has access to safe drinking water. Initiative: Eau is in consultative status with the ...
News Burkina Faso Economy: Amid Rising Sahel Violence, Burkina Faso Builds a Response
Burkina Faso: Stabilizing a Violent Locality Burkina ... Sandrine Nama. Burdened by economic disparities and social pressures from the explosion in Ouagadougou’s size, Saaba “had no framework ...
News Burkina Faso Economy: Child hunger threatens Africa's economy, report says
A young girl picks peppers from the family garden in a village in Burkina Faso. Photo by: Juris Kornets / Christian Children’s Fund of Canada. BARCELONA — Africa’s economic and social progress is ...