NEARLY two decades ago, I briefly served as a reviewer of research proposals for the Tropical Disease Research Program of the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. That was the first time ...

Burkina Faso, meaning 'Land of Upright Men', replaced Upper Volta in 1984. This name reflects values of integrity and dignity ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré’s regime in Burkina Faso presents a paradox. On one hand, Traoré has engaged in bold, symbolic decolonisation by expelling French troops and cutting military ties with the ...

ABIDJAN: Burkina Faso, ruled by a junta hostile to the West, has refused to take in people kicked out of the United States, in a snub to one of President Donald Trump’s signature migration policies.