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Food crisis deepens in West Africa
Feb 22, 2012
Pictures from Burkina Faso near the border with Mali. Millions in the region are on the brink of famine.
ACT in Burkina Faso
Organisations with HQ in Burkina Faso
International organisations in Burkina Faso
Organisations funding work in Burkina Faso
- Brot für Alle/Pain pour le Prochain (Bread for All) (BfA)
- Brot für die Welt (BfdW) (Bread for the World)
- Diakonie Austria
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
- Inter-Church Organisation for Development Cooperation (ICCO)
- Kerk In Actie (KIA)
- Solidarité Protestante (Protestant Solidarity) (SP)
- diakonia, Sweden
About Burkina Faso
- Population: 16.9 million (World Bank, 2011)
- Capital: Ouagadougou
- Area: 274,200 sq km (105,870 sq miles)
- Major languages: French, indigenous languages
- Major religions: Indigenous beliefs, Islam, Christianity
- Life expectancy: 52 years (men), 54 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: 1 CFA (Communaute Financiere Africaine) franc = 100 centimes
- Main exports: Cotton, animal products, gold
- GNI per capita: US $480 (World Bank, 2008)