Latest Burkina Faso News

WHO issues new recommendations to end the rise in “medicalized” female genital mutilation and support survivors
Country-level champions meet to strengthen interagency coordination of mental health and psychosocial support across humanitarian emergencies
Statement of the forty-first meeting of the Polio IHR Emergency Committee
‘Efforts to Address Root Causes of Conflict, Mitigate Impact of Climate Change’ in West Africa, Sahel Must Be Supported, Senior Official Tells Security Council
30 years of uneven progress for adolescent girls
Fast facts: 30 years of uneven progress for adolescent girls 
‘African-led, African-owned Solutions Must Take Lead in Tackling Terrorism across Continent’, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Security Council Debate
With Terrorism at ‘Tipping Point’ in Africa, Security Council Speakers Call for Development-Driven Solutions
Amid Growing Strength of Terrorist Groups in Sahel, West Africa, Senior Official Urges Security Council to Scale Up Support within Regional Frameworks
End-of-year message from the Director of the WHO Global Malaria Programme
$1.7 Billion In Airline Funds Blocked By Governments
New $282 million program targets climate and environment action through agriculture and food systems
Statement of the fortieth meeting of the Polio IHR Emergency Committee
New UN report warns of conflict-induced famine and catastrophic hunger in 5 major hotspots alongside the looming La Niña climate threat in others
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Launches General Recommendation 40 on the Equal and Inclusive Representation of Women in Decision-Making Systems
Improving the shipping of biological specimens to rapidly detect, diagnose and respond to disease outbreaks
As Destabilizing Conflicts Escalate across Africa, United Nations-African Union Partnership Has Never Been More Critical, Top Officials Tell Security Council
Committee on Enforced Disappearances Meets with States Parties, and with Non-Governmental Organizations, National Human Rights Institutions and Intergovernmental Organizations
FAO publishes continental atlas of tsetse flies in Africa
UN Security Council failing people living in conflict: Oxfam report
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Opens Seventy-Sixth Session
New discoveries about how mosquitoes mate may help the fight against malaria
Special Rapporteur condemns terrorist attacks against civilians in Burkina Faso and Pakistan
Statement of the Thirty-ninth Meeting of the Polio IHR Emergency Committee
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Opens Thirty-First Session
ASIO has now declared the terrorist threat to Australia is ‘probable’. What does this mean?
One in 10 girls and young women say they face online violence daily: new study
At the Human Rights Council, Volker Türk Calls on States to Overhaul Discriminatory Laws and Practices Enabling Economic Violence against Women
Special Rapporteur Calls on States to Increase Access to Regular Migration Pathways to Prevent Trafficking in Persons
The Failure of States to Respect their International Obligations Result in the Protection Gap of Journalists in Exile, Special Rapporteur Tells Human Rights Council
Addressing the Human Rights Council, Special Rapporteur Calls on States to Respect and Protect the Bodies of Victims of Unlawful Deaths for…
Human Rights Council Starts Interactive Dialogue on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Concludes Discussion on the Right to Education
Human Rights Council Starts Dialogue on Drug Use, Harm Reduction and the Right to Health, and Concludes Discussion on Prostitution and Violence against Women
More than 68 Million People Were Internally Displaced in 2023 Due to Violence and Conflict, Special Rapporteur Tells Human Rights Council
Human Rights Situation in Eritrea Remains Dire and the Authorities Choose to Maintain Practices which Perpetuate the Crisis, Special Rapporteur Tells Human Rights Council
Hunger Hotspots Report: famine looms in Gaza while risk of starvation persists in Sudan, Haiti, Mali, and South Sudan
UN Human Rights Chief gravely concerned by rise in killings of civilians: Burkina Faso
Shipment of newest malaria vaccine, R21, to Central African Republic marks latest milestone for child survival
Nations unite to eliminate mercury-containing medical devices
Global Report on Food Crises: Acute hunger remains persistently high in 59 countries with 1 in 5 people assessed in need of…
WHO announces Health for All Film Festival shortlist and jury
Statement following the Thirty-eighth Meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee for Polio
EU tackles global health problems with KI as coordinator
UN Human Rights Chief on official visit to Burkina Faso
Message by the Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals at WHO – February 2024
African health ministers commit to end malaria deaths
UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances publishes findings on Cambodia, Burkina Faso and Honduras
Committee on Enforced Disappearances Closes Twenty-Sixth Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Cambodia, Burkina Faso and Honduras