A third of the 18,6 million people of Burkina Faso, one of the poorest countries of the world, will experience food insecurity this year, Agriculture Minister Niouga Ambroise Ouedraogo said on Mond

Five million people in West Africa's Sahel region will need food aid in the coming months following a drought, but current funding will be insufficient to prevent starvation, the United Nations sai

Global telecommunications operator, Orange, has announced that it is moving forward in the deployment of its electrification programme for rural zones by launching the service in Burkina Faso.

President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi to strengthen economic ties between the two countries

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said 29 African countries out of 37 are currently in need of external food assistance, unchanged from November 2017.

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Many refugees would like to buy low-carbon stoves and lights but poor access in camps and a lack of funding is forcing them to rely on “dirty and expensive” fuels, a report said on Tuesday.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is planning to provide electricity to 29.3mn people in Africa by 2020

China is reducing the import tax on donkey skins for use in traditional medicine despite fears over a global reduction in the animal's population.

In 2000, farmers in Burkina Faso, Africa’s top cotton grower, were desperate.