The region of Western Africa comprises countries including Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte D’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, ...

The report shows that gender-equal laws significantly expand women’s economic opportunities, boost labor force participation, ...

The military junta in Burkina Faso has adopted a bill restoring the death penalty nearly a decade after the West African ...

Burkina Faso's Council of Ministers has adopted a bill to restore the death penalty for treason, terrorism, and espionage.

Uganda and Burkina Faso square off in Round of 16 action of the FIFA U-17 World Cup. Here’s everything you need to know ahead of kickoff, including how to watch. Uganda enter the knockout stage full ...

The Government of Burkina Faso and the World Bank have signed a credit agreement for additional financing of $100.4 million to support the Human Capital Protection Project, in its Continuity of Basic ...

This article was published in partnership with Bloomberg Law. Dozens of pregnant women who are jailed, often for petty crimes, are miscarrying or giving birth in excruciating pain into cell toilets ...

Dozens of pregnant women locked up in county jails described excruciating pain, saying their cries for help were ignored as they miscarried or gave birth into cell toilets or on filthy jail floors.

Some women rush to their doctor just days after getting a positive pregnant test, but Dr. L. Joy Baker said she often sees patients for the first time just weeks or even days before they give birth.

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