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

Some 3.5 million people don't have enough to eat, with 630,000 expected to be on the brink of starvation, according to the latest food security report by the government and U.N. agencies.

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

Burkina-Faso (Bourzanga, Bam Province): The Mossi people eat the seeds ... [NB MORSE writes that it is much sought after plant in times of famine; however, it is not clear which, if any of these uses ...

Burkina Faso (Bouroum-Bouroum, Poni Province): the Birifor people prepare the leaves for a sauce. The plant also has diverse ethnomedical uses. Mozambique: leaves cooked and eaten. Chemical ...

Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Malawi ... “driving mass displacement, resulting in famine levels likely to persist and the number of people in catastrophic conditions to increase.” ...

Burkina Faso, which means “land of honest men,” is a small, very poor, landlocked country in Western Africa, home to over 20 million people. A former French colony, it gained independence as Upper ...

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 ...