Burkina Faso

[Bird Story Agency] Faso Dan Fani, Burkina Faso's distinctive woven cloth, is evolving with the growth of organic cotton, efforts to combat counterfeiting and improvements in weaving techniques. The women who have sustained this industry for generations are adapting to new qualit

AllAfrica·3h agoBurkina Faso

West Africa’s refinery boom is long on ambition and short on supply. London’s Good Delivery rules keep industrial miners loyal to Swiss refiners.

The Africa Report·3d agoBurkina Faso

[RFI] Burkina Faso on Wednesday marks four years since military strongman Captain Ibrahim Traoré took over in a coup. Comparing himself to anti-colonial icon Thomas Sankara, Traoré promised a "progressive and popular" revolution. RFI spoke to Inoussa Ouédraogo, a publishing direc

AllAfrica·4d agoBurkina Faso

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AllAfrica·5d agoBurkina FasoEthiopiaMali

[Premium Times] According to a statement by the Burkina Faso government's Information Service, Mr Traore said Burkina Faso has "reached a historic milestone in its quest for economic independence."

AllAfrica·5d agoBurkina Faso

[RFI] Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are stepping up their joint media push with Tafouk TV, a new television channel aimed at challenging Western coverage and promoting the three military-led Sahel states' own account of events.

AllAfrica·5d agoBurkina FasoMaliNiger

[Bird Story Agency] By introducing traditional fabrics into school, judicial and military uniforms, as well as some public-service attire, Burkina Faso is seeking to create a sustainable market for locally processed cotton. The policy could support spinning mills, women weavers a

AllAfrica·11d agoBurkina Faso

[African Arguments] A familiar claim keeps surfacing in the rhetoric of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger's ruling juntas, echoed enthusiastically by Russian state media: the West is deliberately working to destabilise the Sahel's military governments. It's a tidy story. It bundles sa

AllAfrica·12d agoBurkina FasoMaliNiger

[Daily Trust] Nigeria's U17 Girls, the Flamingos, continued their impressive run at the 2026 WAFU B U17 Girls Cup with a hard-fought 2-0 victory over Burkina Faso U17 at the Charles Konan Banny Stadium in Yamoussoukro on Monday.

AllAfrica·12d agoBurkina FasoNigeria

[Leadership] Nigeria's Flamingos maintained their perfect start to the 2026 WAFU B U17 Girls Cup with a hard-fought 2-0 victory over Burkina Faso at the Charles Konan Banny Stadium in Yamoussoukro on Monday.

AllAfrica·13d agoBurkina FasoNigeria