GAO/BAMAKO 21 November 2013 (IRIN) - Eleven months after French forces dislodged Islamist militants from northern Mali, the region’s humanitarian crisis is ...
It is also known by its short-form name Burkina, is a landlocked country in West Africa around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900 sq mi) in size. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north; Niger to the east; Benin to the southeast; Togo an...