Burkina Faso News

Burkina Faso has fined its three mobile telephony operators a total of 3 billion CFA francs for what it said was a failure to fulfill service commitments.

Burkina Faso has slapped three telecoms operators with more than $5 million in penalties for poor service, a regulatory official said Friday.

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Channel Resources Ltd. is pleased to report assay results from a 15,000 metre core-definition drilling program on the Mankarga 5 gold deposit at the Tanlouka Gold Project in Burkina Faso, West Africa.

Kumasi, Jan. 24, GNA - A 10-member government delegation from Burkina-Faso has arrived in Ghana to explore ways of deepening cooperation between the two countries in the area of traditional medicine practice.

Alvarion has announced that its Wavion subsidiary is supplying base stations for a Wi-Fi service in Burkina Faso on behalf of the local mobile network operator, Telecel.

A court in Burkina Faso slapped prison sentences on two locals and a Nigerian woman arrested last month with 71 vultures and three vulture heads to be used in voodoo rites, an official said on Thursday.

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COUNTRY DESCRIPTION: Burkina Faso, previously known as Upper Volta, is a landlocked, developing country in the Sahel region of West Africa.

Blaise Compaore came to power in a coup in 1987. He subsequently won four presidential elections, the latest in November 2010.

Burkina Faso: A country of farmers and donkeys is the first impression you get of this French-speaking country after a drive through the countryside.

African Catholic clergy are increasingly finding themselves on the frontlines of Vatican efforts to campaign against religious violence, political corruption and fraud on the continent.