The U.N. World Food Programme said on Wednesday it had suspended flights to the northwestern Burkina Faso town of Solle after an explosion near a helicopter it chartered injured a crew member and a ...

The U.N. World Food Programme has halted flights to Solle, Burkina Faso, following an explosion near a chartered helicopter ...

A UN chartered helicopter delivering food aid to the town of Solle in northwest Burkina Faso was reportedly caught in an ...

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On 12 August, a WFP-chartered helicopter landed in Solle, north-west Burkina Faso, to deliver humanitarian cargo. Shortly ...

Since February 2012, WFP has distributed nearly 3,000 metric tonnes of food to Malian refugees in Burkina Faso.

The Government of Japan has contributed a total of USD 17.7 million for WFP’s operations in Burkina Faso since 2018. WFP in Burkina Faso continues to ramp up assistance.

The Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), David Beasley, will visit Burkina Faso on 12-14 August. The country is dealing with an unfolding humanitarian crisis resulting from a ...

Burkina Faso is deteriorating fastest. Over half a million children under 5 are acutely malnourished, U.N. figures show. WFP said in October that over 10,000 people were "one step short of famine".

Many citizens rely on food from aid agencies that cannot reach some of the worst-hit areas. Twice this year, food deliveries were hijacked, said Antoine Renard, WFP's country director in Burkina Faso.