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Norwegian Refugee Council
Source: Norwegian Refugee Council |

Burkina Faso home to almost half of closed schools in Central and West Africa

Over 31,000 teachers have been affected by the education crisis nationwide, of which about 6,300 have been redeployed so far in schools hosting large numbers of internally displaced students

Over a million children in Burkina Faso are currently affected by school closures with 6,134 academic institutions shut as of February 2023, an increase of over 40 per cent since the end of the last school year. Nearly one out of four schools country-wide are now out of service due…

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Source: Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) |

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to send an integrated mission to assess and validate technical humanitarian needs in Burkina Faso

This mission is part of the implementation of the paragraph 31 decision of the 62nd Ordinary Summit Session of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government

An integrated high-level mission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will be in Burkina Faso from 21 to 27 March 2023 to assess and validate the country’s technical humanitarian needs for the year 2023. This mission is part of the implementation of the paragraph 31 decision of…

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

Burkina Faso Acts to Tackle Armed Forces Abuses

Human Rights Watch has repeatedly emphasized the essential role of provost marshals and called on Burkinabe authorities to increase their presence in military operations

On February 16, Burkina Faso’s transitional parliament passed a bill to beef up the role of provost marshals, who are responsible for discipline in the armed forces and the protection of detainees’ rights during military operations and at military posts. Under article 241 of Burkina Faso’s code of military justice,…

GGGI Burkina Faso Country office

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Strengthening resilience in Burkina Faso: Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) sign a partnership agreement

KOICA is going to promote sustainable development through strengthening the capacity to manage societal, political, economic, and environmental risks

The Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) (www.GGGI.org) signed a financing agreement on 9th March 2023 in Ouagadougou, to jointly strengthen the resilience and sustainable development of the Kaya-Dori axis in the Centre-Nord region of Burkina Faso. According to the Korean government's the Humanitarian-Development-Peace…

IDEA D4D Hub

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    • Dr. Yaya Traore, Permanent Secretary for Innovation and Monitoring of Emerging Digital Technologies
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Source: IDEA D4D Hub |

The IDEA innovation days successfully launched in Burkina Faso

The innovations days are designed to bring together players civil society organizations and academia to collectively build the solutions to the challenges of the digital transformation

After Mozambique, it is now Burkina Faso’s turn to benefit from the Innovations days developed by IDEA (https://D4Dhub.eu/IDEA-project). The IDEA Project strengthens civil society organizations and academia in Africa to participate in inclusive digital transformation through the innovation days as well as capacity building and synergy creation. The IDEA Project…

World Food Programme (WFP)
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Canada Funding Strengthens Delivery of Vital Food Assistance in Burkina Faso

WFP worked with communities to strengthen their resilience to climate shocks such as droughts and floods, through land rehabilitation and promotion of agricultural activities

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) supported vulnerable populations affected by the crisis in Burkina Faso in 2022, thanks to a USD 11.8 million contribution from the Government of Canada, channeled through Global Affairs Canada. During the lean season (June-August), the funding contributed to help WFP meet the food…

Sancfis Faso

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Sancfis Faso goes public, becomes the very first company admitted to the West Africa Regional Stock Exchange’s Third Compartment

Its purpose is to provide these two categories of economic operators with access to long-term capital, in order to accelerate their growth and promote the emergence of champions in the main areas of activity within the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA)

A pioneer in telecommunications and IT solutions in Africa, the Sancfis Group (www.Sancfis.net) is pleased to announce the admission of its Burkina Faso subsidiary to the third compartment of the West Africa Regional Stock Exchange (BRVM). This compartment was opened on December 19, 2017 and is intended for Small and…

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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International Monetary Fund (IMF) Reaches Staff-Level Agreement with Burkina Faso on Rapid Credit Facility through the Food Shock Window

IMF to discuss the economic outlook, macroeconomic policy and possible responses to the ongoing food crisis through the provision

IMF staff and the Burkinabé authorities have reached a staff-level agreement for about US$ 80 million (50 percent of Burkina Faso’s IMF quota) in emergency financing through the IMF’s Food Shock Window of the Rapid Credit Facility to support measures to provide urgent assistance to households in acute food insecurity…

Médecins sans frontières (MSF)
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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) condemns the brutal and deliberate killing of two staff in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso is facing unprecedented political, security and humanitarian crises, resulting in the displacement of nearly two million people following violence and fighting between armed groups

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) condemns in the strongest terms the murder of two of our staff members in the Boucle du Mouhoun region, in northwestern Burkina Faso. MSF is suspending medical activities in the Boucle du Mouhoun region. On the morning of Wednesday 8 February, an MSF vehicle, clearly identified as…

Tanager

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Impacting Gender & Nutrition through Innovative Technical Exchange in Agriculture (IGNITE) Partners Discuss Applied Research Findings on Gender and Nutrition Integration in Agriculture

Practical findings collected over three years were discussed by representatives of national, regional, and continental African institutions and organizations

The IGNITE project (Impacting Gender & Nutrition through Innovative Technical Exchange in Agriculture) organized a Research Summit in Nairobi, January 23 through 25, to share findings and evidence collected around six broad programmatic learning questions concerning ways of effectively and efficiently increasing women’s empowerment in agriculture as well as equitable…