this experience of poor building facilities was his earliest inspiration to improve the educational lives of Burkina Faso's children, using architecture. Years later and after studies in Germany ...

Burkina Faso is a west African dryland country known for its diverse ecosystems, including savannas, forests and wetlands.

Amid a decade-long push by African countries to abolish colonial-era wigs in judicial systems, posts have surfaced online ...

The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

The Senegalese capital Dakar is the setting for the new Goethe-Institut designed by architect Francis Kéré from Burkina Faso. It embodies architecture as a cultural, societal and climatologically ...

Burkina Faso has been plagued by terrorist attacks ... Its impressive Grand Mosque with its unique architecture, dates back from the 1800s and was once a major attraction for tourists from abroad ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — The young West African students touched down in what was then the Soviet Union knowing only a handful of Russian words and little about their new home. Decades later ...

Burkina Faso, nestled in West Africa ... famous for its music and colonial architecture; Koudougou, a major commercial center; and Ouahigouya, known for its history and proximity to natural ...