What a Funding Crisis Is Doing to Aids Patients in Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou — For years you couldn’t tell if someone in Burkina Faso had HIV/AIDS just by looking at them. Now it’s getting easier again because cuts in food assistance are depriving them of nutrition, AIDS advocates say. Some 12,000 HIV/AIDS patients who rely on food aid are at risk of food insecurity and health problems […]
Protests in Burkina Faso Prompt Minister’s Resignation
OUAGADOUGOU — A minister in Burkina Faso’s transitional government seen as close to former President Blaise Compaore’s administration resigned on Tuesday following two days of protests over his appointment, the prime minister’s office said. The resignation is an early test for the West African country’s new leaders President Michel Kafando and Prime Minister Lieutenant Colonel […]