In the heart of Burkina Faso, 300 kilometers from the capital Ouagadougou, the Bôbô people uphold a rich cultural tradition: the grand funerals, a sacred ritual designed to guide the souls of the ...

From the video played during the testimony and the detective’s testimony, it was revealed that police believe the older teen passed a mask to his mother while detectives were out of the room.

Adama Zonon, founder of the Baba Traoré Ecological Park in Bobo-Dioulasso, April 4, 2025 (Photo by Davy Soma / LCI) Adama Zonon, a Muslim businessman in Bobo-Dioulasso—Burkina Faso’s economic ...

That image figures prominently in Isaac Julien's video installation Baltimore (2003), one of 13 transfixing works in Julien's ...

Wearing a mask has been compulsory for three years. You might think that everyone has adapted to communicating with a mask, especially students who talk to their friends and classmates at school.

But the bloc now faces its most severe crisis yet: the departure of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger—three Sahel states ruled by military juntas—which announced their withdrawal in January 2025. This ...