Reports

Près de 5,5 millions de Burkinabè sont attendus dans les urnes dimanche 29 novembre 2015. Ils devront élire à la fois le prochain Président du Faso ainsi et les 127 députés qui siègeront à l’Assemblée nationale.…

Highlights: In 2015, UNICEF continued to support 34,023 Malian refugees, including 20,893 children, to access education, WASH, health, nutrition and child protection services in and around two refugee camps in the Sahel region (Goudebou and Mentao). · …

HIGHLIGHTS Population of concern A total of 34,401 people of concern Funding USD 20,595,209 requested

By Jennifer Lazuta and Brahima Ouedraogo DAKAR/OUAGADOUGOU, 16 October 2015 (IRIN) - There can be no amnesty for any members of Burkina Faso’s elite presidential guard found to be responsible for the deaths of 14 unarmed civilians…

Ivan Broadhead BERE, BURKINA FASO—Burkina Faso has made tremendous strides against female genital mutilation in the past 25 years, with international aid agencies saying the practice has declined there as much as 30 to 40 percent. But…

14 personnes, dont deux enfants, ont été tuées ; six se sont fait tirer dans le dos Des centaines de personnes blessées, par des coups et des balles, dont un nourrisson né avec une blessure par balle Une…

14 people, including two children, killed: six shot in the back Hundreds injured by beatings and live ammunition, including a child born with a bullet wound Commission of inquiry should investigate recent and historical abuses Burkina Faso’s former presidential…

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, Oct 9 (UNHCR) – By 55, Alouda had hoped he would be safe and happy, living in his own home. Instead, he is in exile having fled violence and human rights abuses in…

UNITED NATIONS, New York/ DEBERE TALATA, Burkina Faso – When Roukiatou Youssoupha Diallo, in rural Burkina Faso, was engaged to be married, she was not even 13 years old. The traditional practice, one embraced by her…

The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 547th meeting held on 26 September 2015, at the level of Heads of State and Government, adopted the following decision on the situation in Burkina Faso: Council Takes…