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West African Resources began gold production early at Burkina Faso’s Kiaka mine, set to yield 234,000 oz/year. The project aims to reverse declining national output, forecast to rise to 65 tonnes by ...
By Ibrahim Abode, Bawku Municipality Ghana-Burkina Faso border points have proved convenient conduits for the illegal movement of large volumes of cargo either way across them, a media investigation ...
BOAD releases CFA10 billion ($17.8 million) to support Boungou and Wahgnion gold mines. • Burkina Faso acquired both mines in 2024 but has struggled to exploit them effectively. • Authorities aim to ...
Burkina Faso is many things. The country is considered to be the epicenter of global terrorism today. It is ranked number one ...
In this Feb. 18, 2020 photo, Burkina Faso paratroopers are being trained at the U.S. military-led annual Flintlock counterterrorism exercise in West Africa. (AP Photo/Cheikh A.T Sy) United States ...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar has said the exit of Burkina-Faso, Mali and Niger, the three Alliance of Sahel States from the West African regional bloc, Economic Community ...
The Economic Community of West African States on Sunday announced plans to organise a summit: “the Future of the Community,” to strategise on life without exited member states- Burkina-Faso, Mali and ...
Burkina Faso has completed the transfer of five gold mining assets to the country's state-owned miner, according to a decree published late on Wednesday, finalising a process that began in August to ...
Burkina Faso faces the largest forced displacement crisis in the Sahel, accounting for 64% of all displaced people in the region. With violence persisting, the initial euphoria of the coup has ...
Across the continent, thousands of Fulani people are holding fast to their ancient customs—while reshaping their traditions for a new age.
Burkina Faso’s military junta leader Capt. Ibrahim Traore arrives at the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, May 10, 2025 (RIA Novosti photo by Stanislav Krasilnikov via AP). Click to share on Twitter ...