Latest Burkina Faso News

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
Blocking fertilisation of parasite-causing malaria opens new doors in eradication efforts
Experts of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances Welcome Burkina Faso’s Capacity Building Efforts for Forensic Services, Ask Questions on Alleged Enforced Disappearances…
The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its fifty-fifth regular session from 26 February to 5 April 2024
Experts of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances Commend Cambodia’s International Cooperation on Fighting Crime, Ask about Plans to Adopt Legislation on Enforced…
Committee on Enforced Disappearances Opens Twenty-Sixth Session
UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances to review Cambodia, Burkina Faso and Honduras
Reasonable Grounds to Believe Sudanese, Opposition Forces Committing Atrocity Crimes in Darfur, International Criminal Court Prosecutor Tells Security Council
Reconfigured Regional Coordination Mechanism Key to Quell Widespread Insecurity, Avert More Coups in West Africa, Sahel, Special Representative Tells Security Council
Statement following the Thirty-seventh Meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee for Polio
Conflict-ravaged countries pushed into “debt traps” by climate funding
Dengue Fever: At least 5 million cases and 5,500 deaths in horror year
Shipments to African countries herald final steps toward broader vaccination against malaria: Gavi, WHO and UNICEF
Save the Children calls for urgent investigation after at least 70 people, including children, killed in Burkina Faso massacre
Message by the Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals at WHO – October 2023
Climate Whiplash: extreme fluctuations between drought and flooding are devastating millions of lives – exclusive WaterAid research reveals
New grant to strengthen and diversify humanitarian leadership in crises
Whose job will AI replace? Here’s why a clerk in Ethiopia has more to fear than one in California
Green Climate Fund confirms FAO’s role in supporting countries’ access to climate action resources
Quadripartite launches the Working Group on Youth Engagement for Antimicrobial Resistance
Agrifood systems take center stage at SDG Summit and 78th UN General Assembly