Thirty-seven years ago, a brief encounter in a hospital in Burkina Faso changed the life of Bazimo Louis. He watched Chinese doctors use acupuncture to relieve a patient’s back pain, and decided that one day, he would learn Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) himself. Now, Louis, 59, is a renownedContinue Reading
The governments of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger on Monday announced their immediate withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). In a joint statement issued in Bamako, the three countries said they had ratified the Rome Statute between 2000 and 2004 and had since cooperatedContinue Reading
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday regretted the Burkinabe transitional authorities’ declaration of the UN resident coordinator persona non grata, said his spokesman. The secretary-general has learned with regret that, on Aug. 18, the Burkinabe transitional authorities declared the resident coordinator of the United Nations and humanitarian coordinator inContinue Reading
The government of Burkina Faso has announced that the Bagre Dam will be split effective Wednesday, August 27, 2025, according to a statement cited by Ghana Eye Report on Friday. In the statement, signed by Kindo Issiaka, Head of Hydraulics at SONABEL (Société Nationale d’Électricité du Burkina Faso), it wasContinue Reading
The government of Burkina Faso on Monday declared Carol Flore-Smereczniak, United Nations resident coordinator in the country, “persona non grata” for co-chairing a United Nations (UN) report alleging child rights abuses by the country’s security forces. In a statement, the government said it is “astonished” by the persistence ofContinue Reading
An al-Qaeda-affiliated group on Thursday claimed responsibility for a deadly assault on a military camp in northern Burkina Faso that left 200 soldiers dead. The attack, which took place on Sunday in the town of Djibo, also targeted a police station and a market, according to security sources citedContinue Reading
Ghana will host an Extraordinary Meeting of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Council of Ministers next week in the Ghanaian capital of Accra, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said on Thursday. According to the minister, the meeting will be held on April 22 and 23,Continue Reading
