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  • Tuesday, 15 March, 2022
    Architecture
    Francis Kéré becomes first African architect to win Pritzker Prize

    Born in Burkina Faso, the Berlin-based laureate has built both innovative village schools and global prestige projects

  • Tuesday, 1 February, 2022
    Guinea-Bissau
    Attempted coup in Guinea-Bissau thwarted

    Heavy gunfire in capital marks latest instance of political instability in west Africa

  • Monday, 24 January, 2022
    Burkina Faso’s president overthrown in military coup

    Latest military takeover in west Africa in eight months as jihadist insurgency roils region

  • Friday, 20 August, 2021
    Suspected jihadis kill 80 in latest Burkina Faso attack

    Tri-border region close to Mali and Niger is at the centre of a violent insurgency roiling the Sahel region

  • Sunday, 27 June, 2021
    The Big Read
    Instability in the Sahel: how a jihadi gold rush is fuelling violence in Africa

    Armed groups vie for control of mines and the lucrative trade in the precious metal, which ends up being refined in Dubai

  • Thursday, 10 June, 2021
    Northern Africa
    France to cut back military operations in Sahel

    Macron says forces will focus on fight against Islamists filling void left by regional governments

  • Saturday, 5 June, 2021
    Gunmen kill 100 civilians in northern Burkina Faso

    The border region has become a locus of extremist activity, despite the presence of 5,000 French troops

  • Friday, 23 April, 2021
    Disease control and prevention
    Malaria vaccine trial raises hopes of beating disease

    Jab developed by University of Oxford team proves 77% effective in Burkina Faso mid-stage tests

  • Tuesday, 13 April, 2021
    Burkina Faso tribunal charges ex-president over Sankara murder

    Family of ‘Africa’s Che Guevara’ seeks return of Blaise Compaore from Ivory Coast exile

  • Tuesday, 30 March, 2021
    Mali
    French air strike in Mali killed civilians, UN concludes

    Report directly contradicts Paris claim that all dead in January 3 attack were jihadis

  • Wednesday, 29 January, 2020
    David Pilling
    Governments are failing in the fight against jihadis in the Sahel

    Landlocked Burkina Faso is home to the world’s fastest-growing Islamist insurgency

  • Thursday, 26 December, 2019
    Fresh killings in Burkina Faso after earlier jihadi attack

    Eleven soldiers die as nation mourns loss of 35 civilians on Christmas Eve

  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2019
    Centamin PLC
    Centamin warns Endeavour bid fraught with risks

    Gold miner says takeover would expose shareholders to worsening security situation in Burkina Faso

  • Monday, 11 November, 2019
    Terrorism
    West Africa’s Sahel moves to forefront of global war on terror

    Deadly attacks increase fear of terrorism and insecurity in the impoverished region

  • Thursday, 7 November, 2019
    Deadly ambush of mining convoy shocks Burkina Faso

    Ruling party calls for state of emergency after 37 killed in jihadi gun attack

  • Sunday, 23 June, 2019
    Africa
    Jihadi threat spreading across west Africa, Togo leader warns

    Faure Gnassingbé says ‘devastating’ impact if extremists are not contained

  • Saturday, 19 January, 2019
    Burkina Faso’s prime minister and entire cabinet quit

    Surge in Islamist attacks takes toll on west African nation

  • Tuesday, 30 October, 2018
    House & Home
    A view from Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

    An insider’s guide to the city by photographer Sanlé Sory

  • Friday, 20 July, 2018
    Health
    FT Health: Drug resistance, pandemics and the vaccination gap

    New report reveals that fewer than 100 countries have a plan in place to stop overuse of antibiotics

  • Thursday, 24 May, 2018
    US politics & policy
    Taiwan hits out at Beijing after losing another ally
  • Friday, 27 April, 2018
    Photography
    Snapshot: ‘Volta Photo’ by Sanlé Sory

    Portraits documenting Burkina Faso’s youth culture in the decades after independence from France

  • Saturday, 10 March, 2018
    Jan Dalley
    Bringing home Africa’s plundered art

    President Macron’s repatriation promise has brought the debate into the public gaze

  • Friday, 2 March, 2018
    World
    Security forces in Burkina Faso’s capital kill 7 gunmen

    Army headquarters and French embassy among targets in apparent co-ordinated attacks

  • Friday, 23 February, 2018
    World
    EU, Sahel countries reach €400m funding for military force
  • Thursday, 22 February, 2018
    French politics
    Emmanuel Macron seeks more EU funding for southern Sahara campaign

    French president to highlight costs of Operation Barkhane at G5 Sahel meeting in Paris

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