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Over a year after its outbreak, the coronavirus pandemic continues to concern the international community. The media have been at the heart of this pandemic – informing their different audiences. Between the risk of exposure to the virus and the impossibility of media coverage on...

Africa
Burkina Faso
Senegal
Democracy
Health

Protecting Water Resources in the Niger River Basin

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The ACP-EU Water Facility is one of the key results of the European Union Water Initiative, an international political initiative in place since 2002. Andre Liebaert, Water Policy Officer at EuropeAid, highlights important themes...

Africa
Benin
Burkina Faso
+5
Guinea
Mali
Niger
Nigeria
Cameroon
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Lack of Education and Audiences Hobble African Arts Scene

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Voices & Views

Investment in education and the building of appreciative audiences for African art in Africa are fundamental to the construction of a thriving and vibrant artistic landscape on the continent, according to video artist Theo Eshetu.

Africa
Burkina Faso
Culture
Education

Taking International Women's Day Seriously in Burkina Faso

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Voices & Views

Each year the small West African nation of Burkina Faso marks International Women’s Day with a public holiday and an information campaign to highlight a particular priority issue.

Africa
Burkina Faso
Gender
Health

A Celebration of African Art in an Urban Setting

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Voices & Views

Street sellers took a break from selling their wares, shoppers paused in the cool shade and kids lunched beneath dramatic photographs – all part of a special exhibition that created an unusual calm space in an African capital.

Africa
Burkina Faso
Culture

Unexpected Bridges to the Past: A capacity4dev.eu Member’s Encounters in Burkina Faso

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Voices & Views

For the past four years Jean-Baptiste Fauvel has been working in the European Union (EU) Delegation to Burkina Faso as an Energy Programme Manager. Yet he first came to the attention of capacity4dev.eu as one of the winners of...

Africa
Burkina Faso
Culture

Burkina Faso Engineering School Develops Green Responses to African Energy Needs

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Voices & Views

A European Union (EU) supported bio-fuel research centre reinforces the energy-capacities in West Africa, thanks to a unique partnership involving West African engineering school 2iE, a leading French research centre, local...

Africa
Burkina Faso
Energy
Food & Nutrition Security

Protéger les civils en temps de guerre avec la force militaire conjointe du G5 Sahel : de la théorie à la pratique

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Voices & Views

Pour la protection des populations civiles, il est crucial que les troupes déployées dans les zones de guerre respectent le droit international des droits de l'homme (DIDH), le droit international humanitaire (DIH) et le droit des...

Africa
Burkina Faso
Mali
+3
Mauritania
Niger
Chad
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
Human Rights
Peace and Security

Team Europa Initiatives and Joint Programming

Region
Africa - Western
No. of TEIs
2
Active in Joint Programming
No
JP Progress
N/A
LDC
Yes
Income status
Low Income
Fragile status
Fragile State (OECD)