Insider's guide to Ouagadougou: singed chicken, potholes, but no plastic bags
From the sounds of the great Rood Wooko market to worries about a vigilante defence group, journalist Jérôme William Bationo offers a local’s lowdown of Burkina Faso’s colourful capital city
July 2013
Homes: African graphic textiles
From catwalk to cushions, African graphic textiles are having a moment. Trish Lorenz heads to Burkina Faso to see how they're made
April 2011
Burkina Faso regime threatened by military mutiny across country
Prime minister's house and ruling party's headquarters burnt down by student protesters
March 2011
The Burkina Faso film festival fit a president
The UK should be so lucky as to have a film festival of the magnificence and ambitious scale of Burkina Faso's Fespaco, writes Don Boyd
January 2009
A journey to voodoo's beating heart
Mike Carter encounters voodoo, markets and crocodiles on a tour of villages in three West African countries
