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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) |

In Burkina Faso, the ‘Mother of the Sahel’ brings education and hope to forcibly displaced children

As conflict forced thousands of children to flee to the safety of her hometown, Maimouna Ba rallied the community to provide support and education

Born and raised in Dori, in the far northeast of Burkina Faso, Maimouna Ba was the youngest of 12 children living in the country’s vast, remote and arid Sahel region, a six-hour drive from the capital, Ouagadougou. She and her sisters were the first girls in her family to go…

African Development Bank Group (AfDB)

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    • With the approval of €6 million from SEFA for the Dédougou Solar Project, Burkina Faso is set to benefit from enhanced energy access, powering development and bringing clean, reliable electricity to communities under the Desert-to-Power initiative
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Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) |

African Development Bank Group’s Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa approves €6 Million for Desert to Power - Burkina Faso Solar Project

Burkina Faso is one of five priority countries under the Desert-to-Power initiative, which aims to generate 10 gigawatts of solar power across 11 Sahelian countries by 2030

The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved a €6 million concessional financing package from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), a special multi-donor fund managed by the Bank, to accelerate the completion of Burkina Faso’s Dédougou photovoltaic solar project in support of the Bank's Desert-to-Power initiative (https://apo-opa.co/3XKXpwG). The project…

Human Rights Watch (HRW)
Source: Human Rights Watch (HRW) |

Burkina Faso: Islamist Armed Groups Terrorize Civilians

Greater Regional Efforts Needed to Protect Population, Improve Accountability

Islamist armed groups in Burkina Faso have escalated their attacks on civilians, massacring villagers, displaced people, and Christian worshipers, Human Rights Watch said today. Since February 2024, the armed groups have killed at least 128 civilians across the country in seven attacks that violated international humanitarian law and constitute war crimes. Government forces have been…

World Health Organization (WHO)
Source: World Health Organization (WHO) |

Sahel, Lake Chad Basin countries coordinate joint polio eradication plan

The endorsement of this plan marks a renewed commitment to safeguard current and future generations from the life-long effects of polio

In a significant move to combat the ongoing challenge of variant poliovirus transmission in Central and West Africa, Ministers of Health from the Lake Chad Basin countries and Sahel sub-region have published this week a comprehensive cross-border coordination plan for 2024/2025. This critical initiative aims to bolster joint efforts to…

Norwegian Refugee Council

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    • Two community teachers outside a school in the village of Malalabi in Niger. They were recruited and trained by NRC to teach the children of internally displaced persons and Nigerian refugees living in the village. Photo: Ousmane Drabo/NRC
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Source: Norwegian Refugee Council |

West and Central Africa: Alarming rise in school closures

Children’s right to an education must be protected as the future of an entire generation hangs in the balance

In West and Central Africa, more than 14,000 schools have been forced to close due to violence and insecurity as of June 2024, impacting the learning of hundreds of thousands of children across the region, highlights the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) on the International Day to Protect Education from Attack.…

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Concludes Thirty-First Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Denmark, Ghana, Mauritius, Netherlands and Ukraine

The Committee also adopted guidelines on third-party interventions regarding communications submitted under the Optional Protocol, and considered matters related to inquiries pursuant to the Optional Protocol

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon closed its thirty-first session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Denmark, Ghana, Mauritius, Netherlands and Ukraine. Vivian Fernandez de Torrijos, Committee Rapporteur, said that, in addition to the nine States party reports,…

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
Source: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) |

Burkina Faso committed to operationalize the budgeting sensitive to demographic dividend approach into its 2025 budget

This initiative is timely to accelerate the capture of the demographic dividend, which is essential for inclusive, transformational, and sustainable economic development of the country

As part of the implementation of the African Union's Roadmap on " the demographic dividend through investment in the youth", the Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (SRO-WA/ECA) in partnership with the Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Planning, is organizing, from August 26…

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Source: The African Union – Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) |

Burkina Faso Hosts Key Workshop to Align Fisheries and Aquaculture Strategies with African Policy Frameworks and Climate Change Adaptation Goals

The workshop agenda includes a series of sessions focused on climate change adaptation and aligning national fisheries and aquaculture strategies with the PFRS

From August 20th to 24th, 2024, AU-IBAR is hosting a National Stakeholders Consultative and Validation Workshop in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The workshop aims to align Burkina Faso’s agricultural investment plans and fisheries and aquaculture strategies with the Policy Framework and Reform Strategy for Fisheries and Aquaculture in Africa (PFRS). Additionally,…

Norwegian Refugee Council
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Mali: Dire conditions for Burkinabe refugees in central Mali amid lean season

The influx of refugees continues unabated, placing immense pressure on the already limited resources of local communities that are already hosting large numbers of internally displaced people

As the lean season intensifies across Mali, the situation for thousands of people who have fled ongoing violence in Burkina Faso to find refuge in central Mali is becoming untenable, warns the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). Since January 2024, over 20,000 Burkinabè refugees have been registered in the Koro cercle…

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    • The African Development Bank aims to use this ambitious project to prevent young people in Burkina Faso from being radicalised, by offering them an alternative to violence
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Burkina Faso: African Development Bank Group approves $39.2 million loan for youth resilience project

The project is expected to create at least 20,000 jobs and indirectly benefit 175,000 individuals

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved a $39.2 million loan to Burkina Faso for a project to boost skill development and resilience among young people, particularly women. The Multisectoral Project to Support Skills Development for Resilience will be financed through a $13.2 million…