In countries like Burkina Faso where climate change and political insecurity are causing displacement of communities to safer areas, village chickens are commonly raised by rural households.

South African radio host Sizwe Dhlomo reacted after Burkina Faso President Captain Ibrahim Traoré dissolved the country’s independent National Electoral Commission.

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) have intercepted 250 drums of a substance believed to be sodium cyanide at an unapproved crossing point along the Black Volta River in the Upper West Region.The ...

Burkina Faso’s military rulers have scrapped the country’s Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI). Ibrahim Traoré, Burkinabe junta leader and head of state, made the decision after ...

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Burkina Faso Junta Scraps Electoral Commission, Cites Cost, Need to Limit Foreign Influence AFRICA Burkina Faso’s military rulers have scrapped the electoral commission and shifted control to the ...

Burkina Faso’s military rulers have disbanded the country’s electoral commission calling it a waste of money. The interior ministry will handle elections in the future, state-run RTB TV reported.

Burkina Faso's junta has disbanded its electoral commission, calling it a waste of money.

Junta-run Burkina Faso has decided to scrap its national election commission, arguing it is a costly body that is prone to "foreign influences".

Ghana's government has thrown its weight behind a campaign to scrap visa requirements for Africans travelling across their own continent.