Burkina Faso

19 Apr 2019
Mali's prime minister resigned along with his entire government yesterday following criticism over their handling of an upsurge of violence in the center of the country and the massacre last month that left 160 people dead in the village of Ogossagou near the border with Burkina Faso.

14 Dec 2018
Suspected jihadists, on motorcycles, have killed at least 42 people during a series of attacks on Tuareg nomadic camps in Mali yesterday.

20 Nov 2018
India and 15 other countries in sub-Saharan Africa accounted for almost 80% of the malaria cases reported globally last year, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) report.

13 Oct 2018
On Friday, India secured its place in the UN Human Rights Council, receiving the maximum number of votes by the General Assembly among all the countries vying for the spot.

01 Jul 2018
India moved up to 73rd place in terms of money parked by its citizens/companies with Swiss banks in 2017, while the UK remains on the top.

17 Apr 2018
India has won an election to a crucial non-governmental organization committee in the UN after garnering the highest number of votes besides getting elected by acclamation to other subsidiary bodies in five separate polls.

02 Mar 2018
The capital of Burkina Faso came under an assault on Friday, with attacks unfolding near the French embassy, the French cultural center, and the country's military headquarters, said a report.

07 Sep 2017
The 2018 World Cup qualification match between South Africa and Senegal will be replayed, a year after it took place, in last November.

14 Aug 2017
A terrorist attack in the centre of West African nation Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, has left 17 dead and eight wounded.

23 May 2017
Three countries, Ivory Coast, Somalia and Ghana signed up for the International Solar Alliance, on the sidelines of the African Development Bank's annual meeting held in Gandhinagar, taking the total number of signatories to 31.

06 Feb 2017
Cameroon defeated Egypt 2-1 in the Africa Cup of Nations final, to become the champions of Africa.

04 Feb 2017
Cameroon defeated Ghana 2-0 to make it to the Africa Cup of Nations final.

03 Oct 2016
Niger and Burkina Faso announced a ban on donkey and donkey skin exports respectively.