UN-Habitat constructs schools, health facilities, and housing to meet Burkina Faso’s urgent humanitarian needs

March 23rd, 2022

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 17 March 2022 – Showing its alignment to both needs on the ground and working in line with other United Nations agencies, a UN-Habitat project is providing an integrated…

UN-Habitat project in Burkina Faso: Kongoussi, My city without plastic bags!

November 19th, 2021

Kongoussi, Burkina Faso, 19 November 2021 -- The city of Kongoussi organised a week of activities to raise awareness of the negative impacts of waste, specifically plastic bags, with the city’s mayor…

Burkina Faso construction and housing sector to move towards resource-efficiency

October 20th, 2021

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 20 October 2021 – UN-Habitat, in partnership with the Government of Burkina Faso and other UN agencies, is helping the country’s construction and housing sectors become…

UN-Habitat strengthens support to cities facing influx of internally displaced people

September 29th, 2021

Nairobi, 29 September 2021- On the eve of the report by the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement, UN-Habitat renews its commitment to furthering the…

Capacity building for strengthening the resilience in cities

May 20th, 2021

Ouagadougou 20 May 2021--  As part of the project "Strengthening the resilience of local authorities in Burkina Faso in the face of massive population displacements and the Covid-19 pandemic", funded…

UN-Habitat Executive Director discusses sustainable urban solutions with the President of Burkina Faso

March 18th, 2021

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso  March 2021 - President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré of Burkina Faso met UN-Habitat Executive Director, Ms Maimunah Mohd Sharif, during her five day official visit to the…

UN-Habitat Executive Director visits an informal settlement in Burkina Faso to see the challenges

March 15th, 2021

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 13 March 2021 -  UN-Habitat’s Executive Director, Maimunah Mohd Sharif, visited an informal settlement of Djikofé in Saaba Municipality on the eastern outskirts of the…