Burkina Faso: Women lead the way in promoting vaccination against COVID-19 in Hauts Bassins
It’s early Monday morning, but Alice Yaméogo is already standing with forty young mothers and pregnant women. She’s in the […]
Rosemonde Bakieno, winner of the 2022 George Atkins Communication Award
Rosemonde Bakieno is a journalist and director of Radio Munyu, a community radio station for women in Banfora, in the […]
Burkina Faso: Why some West African architects are choosing mud over concrete (National Geographic)
A group of architects in West Africa are pushing to use mud over concrete to build houses. In countries such […]
Burkina Faso: Mutual savings groups, a financial alternative for women in Hauts-Bassins
Zenabo Soré is a resident of sector 25 in Bobo Dioulasso, the economic capital of Burkina Faso. She has been […]
Burkina Faso: Farmers grow sesame, watermelon, and other crops to minimize loss from floods
On a Monday in late August, Alexis Badini rises early to see his field, flooded by the last rains. After […]
Burkina Faso: Youth succeeds in producing fish, papayas, and vegetables (AgribusinessTV)
Thomas d’Aquin Wendata Dibri is passionate about agriculture. So much so that he practices two types: fish farming and vegetable […]
Meet Théophile Yimetyiga Nébié from Radio Loudon, Burkina Faso
To his listeners in Ziro province, Burkina Faso, Théophile Yimetyiga Nébié is a star. Mr. Yimetyiga Nébié says radio is […]
Burkina Faso: Women’s roles in traditional chiefdoms
It’s a Saturday morning in Boussouma, in north-central Burkina Faso, and the WEM-NABA, or head of reconciliation, is sitting on […]
Burkina Faso: Women struggle to access inherited lands
Djenéba Sanou was born in Bobo Dioulasso in a family of four children, two boys and two girls. But when […]
Burkina Faso: School garden improves students’ nutrition and school performance
This story was originally published in April 2020. The bell rings, signalling that it’s midday at Dano C primary school. […]