President and Prime Minister of Burkina Faso Taken Hostage By Presidential Guard
Soldiers fired warning shots to disperse hundreds of protesters outside Burkina Faso's presidential palace on Wednesday after the presidential guard ...
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Ghanaians in Burkina Faso Are Safe – Ghana’s Foreign Minister Hannah Tetteh
Ghana’s Foreign Minister Hannah Tetteh has assured that Ghanaians in Burkina Faso are safe. There is increasing tension in Burkina Faso ...
Lt. Colonel Isaac Yacouba Zida Declares Himself As New Leader of Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso's military colonel Lt. Colonel Isaac Yacouba Zida has declared himself as the country's transitional leader amidst political unrest ...
Burkina Faso Has Closed Its Border to Ghana Due to the Current Political Unrest
Burkina Faso has closed its border to Ghana due to the seeming political insecurity in that country, the Minister of ...
Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaore Resigns, Power Struggle in ensues Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore has announced his resignation following violent protests over his attempt to extend his 27-year rule. ...
Ivorian Photographer Joana Choumali Photo Series on Scarification (Tribal Marks) in West Africa – Hââbré
In a photo series called 'Hââbré, the last generation', Ivorian Photographer Joana Choumali documents the last generation of African citizens ...
Ghana May Now Have Recorded Her First Case of Ebola
A man from neighboring Burkina Faso, who shows symptoms of fever and bled from his nose and ears “was brought ...
Ghana Urged to Sign Treaty on Small Arms Trade
Mr Barfuor Amoa, President of the West Africa Network on Small Arms (WAANSA), has appealed to government to ratify the ...
No Survivors from the Air Algerie AH5017 Passenger Jet Crash. Plane Completely ‘disintegrated,’
There are no survivors from the Air Algerie AH5017 passenger jet that crashed in Mali, says the French President, Francois ...
HEARTBREAKING: Air Algerie Jetliner with 116 Persons On Board Crashes in Mali.
An Air Algerie jet carrying 116 people crashed Thursday in a rainstorm over restive Mali, and its wreckage was found ...
Air Algerie Plane Disappears an Hour after Takeoff
Air Algerie’s Flight AH 5017, which took off from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso en route to Algeria’s Houari Boumedene Airport has ...
Ghana’s Cashew Industry Generated $170 Million in 2013
The cashew industry generated 170 million dollars in the form of foreign exchange earnings for the economy in 2013. Mr ...