A new Pentagon report offers the grimmest assessment yet of the results of the last 10 years of U.S. military efforts on the ...

Militant Islamist groups have remained a major source of instability across five key regions in Africa, with a record 22,307 ...

A look at the status of US executions in 2025 Twenty-seven men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and nine other people are scheduled to be put to death in seven ...

Dutch developer Gutami Holding has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement with Burkina Faso’s national utility to supply electricity from a planned 150 MW solar project paired with 50 MWh of ...

Attacks by JNIM left more 850 people dead across Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger in May ... imposing mutilations as punishment for crimes, and holding public executions and floggings. Thousands fled, ...

US reaches 10-year high for executions as Florida puts inmate to death for double murder With Michael Bell's death in Florida on Tuesday, the U.S. has now executed more inmates than any given year ...

Syrian authorities were accused on Tuesday of carrying out summary executions of civilians in the predominantly Druze province of Sweida, where Israel said it had launched strikes against ...

Dr. Claudette Yaméogo is Burkina Faso’s only ophthalmologist who specializes in treating children. She is one of just 70 eye doctors for the West African nation's 23 million people.

On paper, Burkina Faso's government covers the cost of medications and care for children under 5, but often no drugs are available in hospitals, meaning families must buy them elsewhere.

According to the World Bank's April 2025 Burkina Faso Economic Update, the country's economy grew by 4.9% in 2024 compared to 3.0% in 2023. Real per capita GDP growth also increased from 0.7% to 2.5% ...