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What France loses by closing its military bases in Africa

Thierry Vircoulon, Université Paris Cité - Senegalese president Bassirou Diomaye Faye announced on 31 December 2024 that all foreign military bases in his country...

Exploring the Heart of Burkinabé Cuisine: The Timeless Appeal of To

In the sun-baked courtyards of Burkina Faso’s villages, where iron pots simmer over charcoal fires and the scent of ground grains drifts on the...

Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré is making waves in west Africa. Who is he?

Daniel Eizenga, Africa Center for Strategic Studies - Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following...

Burkina Faso study shows link between land degradation and migration

Elisabeth Ilboudo-Nébié, Columbia University In the Sahel of West Africa – which covers Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad – land degradation has...

Ecowas: 6 steps the leaders can take to restore stability and growth in west Africa

Olayinka Ajala, Leeds Beckett University This year’s summit of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) takes place against a challenging environment for the...

Displaced by violent conflict: the world’s most neglected crises are in Africa – six essential reads

Kagure Gacheche, The Conversation The Norwegian Refugee Council recently released a report highlighting the 10 most neglected displacement crises in the world in 2023. Nine...

Jihadist groups threaten the conservation of a key west African world heritage site – new study

Papa Sow, The Nordic Africa Institute Burkina Faso, Benin and Niger share a biosphere reserve known as the WAP complex (W-Arly-Pendjari), which spreads across the...

Learning in two languages: lessons from francophone Africa on what works best

Kaja Jasinska, University of Toronto and Mary-Claire Ball, University of Toronto Children living in multilingual communities often learn in a language at school that does...

Burkina Faso: A Tapestry of Tradition and Culture

In the heart of West Africa, Burkina Faso stretches across the savannah in a patchwork of fields, villages, and bustling markets. Landlocked and often...

Burkina Faso: West Africa’s Hidden Gem

In the geographic heart of West Africa lies Burkina Faso, a landlocked nation whose understated presence belies a deep cultural wealth and striking landscapes....

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger want to leave Ecowas. A political scientist explains the fallout

Olayinka Ajala, Leeds Beckett University Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have sent Ecowas, west Africa’s main political union of 15 countries, a formal notice of...

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