UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on Thursday urging countries to ban female genital mutilation, calling it an "irreparable, irreversible abuse" that threatens about three million girls annually. Full story
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's ruling party secured a strong majority in this month's parliamentary election, final results showed, but the main opposition called for some results to be annulled, claiming fraud and irregularities. Full story
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Mali's government and the two rebel groups that took control of the northern half of the country in April, have met for the first time and agreed to negotiate an end to the crisis, a minister from mediator Burkina Faso said on Tuesday. Full story
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Burkina Faso, which is attempting to mediate an end to the crisis in its West African neighbour Mali, on Saturday called upon Malian President Dioncounda Traore to open direct talks with Islamist fighters in control of the country's north. Full story
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - France has provided Burkina Faso with three light aircraft to help it monitor its northern border with Islamist-occupied northern Mali, the head of the West African nation's army said on Wednesday. Full story
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Seven new mines are expected to open in Burkina Faso and together with an improved mining code should double the sector's contribution to the country's economy in the coming years, the west African nation's mines minister said. Full story
Burkina Faso soldiers stand at attention at a military base in Dogofri, near the town of Diabaly, central Mali, March 15, 2013. Picture taken March 15, 2013. REUTERS/Adama Diarra (MALI - Tags: MILITARY)
Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh shakes hands with Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore after a West African regional bloc ECOWAS summit on the crisis in Mali and Guinea Bissau, at the Fondation Felix Houphouet Boigny in Yamoussoukro February 28, 2013. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon (IVORY COAST - Tag
Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore speaks with President of Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza
Commission President for regional group Economic Community of West African States Kadre Desire Ouedraogo of Burkina Faso delivers a speech during a summit on the crisis in Mali and Guinea Bissau, at Fondation Felix Houphouet Boigny in Yamoussoukro February 27, 2013. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon (IVORY
