Mossi style old mosque, Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso, Africa

Geometric design on mud brick dwellings in Tiebele, Burkina Faso, West Africa, Africa

Painted mud house in Tangassogo Village, near the border of Ghana, Burkina Faso, West Africa, Africa

Geometric designs painted on traditional houses in small village in Tiebele area of Burkina Faso, West Africa, Africa

Sunday Mass in a Catholic church in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, West Africa, Africa

Sunday Mass in a Catholic church in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, West Africa, Africa

Vendors in the market, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, West Africa, Africa

Women carrying goods to market, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, West Africa, Africa

Market scene, Bobo Dioulasso, Burkino Faso, West Africa, Africa

Woman dancing in fertility dance in Lobi Village, Burkina Faso, West Africa, Africa

Street vendor in the market in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, West Africa, Africa

Journey in 4-wheel drive vehicles through the Sahara Desert in Upper Volta, now re-named Burkina Faso

Funeral in the Sahara Desert in Burkina Faso, formerly Upper Volta

Touareg tribesmen in the Sahara Desert in Burkina Faso, formerly Upper Volta

Muslims pray to the east during a funeral in the desert, Burkina Faso, formerly Upper Volta, Africa

Drought in Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta). A white Land Rover 4-wheel drive vehicle drives past a dried out carcass.

Mothers and children sitting on mats while waiting at Gorom Gorom Hospital in Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)

A veiled native woman walking alone along a dusty road in Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)

With flies around his nose a child holds onto his mother's necklace at Gorom Gorom Hospital in Burkina Faso

Drought scene - two men walking past the dried out carcasses of dead cattle in Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)

Locals on bicycles ride past carcasses of the bones of dead animals in the drought areas of Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)

Ccarcasses of the bones of dead animals in the drought areas of Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)

Members of a cooperative at work in a vegetable garden, UBTEC NGO in a village near Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso, West Africa, Africa

Members of a cooperative at work in a vegetable garden, UBTEC NGO in a village near Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso, West Africa, Africa

Local people tend cattle in the Sahara Desert in Upper Volta, now named Burkina Faso

Young child with its mother in Burkina Faso, formerly Upper Volta, Africa.

A local man wearing a sunhat rides a bicycle on the road to Sebba through the desert drought areas of Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)

Drought scene as a sandstorm engulfs donkeys trying to shelter by a tree, Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)

Young woman selling fruit in Koupela, Burkina Faso, Africa

Mossi style mosque, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Africa

Main entrance, Bobo-Dioulasso market, Burkina Faso, West Africa, Africa

Selling fruit in the market in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, West Africa, Africa

Funeral procession, Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)

Cattle breeder Animata Guiro, UBTEC NGO in a village near Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso, West Africa, Africa

Young weaver in Koudougou, Burkina Faso, West Africa, Africa

Villagers gather for a funeral in the desert in Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)

Women, Burkina Faso formerly Upper Volta, Africa

Two men cycling the deserted road to Sebba, Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)

Gathering timber, Gorom Gorom, Sahara, Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)

Mud built minaret and mosque, Koupela, Burkina Faso, Africa

Tiebele village in southern Burkina Faso, Burkina Faso, West Africa, AFrica

Woman watering a vegetable garden in Loumbila, Burkina Faso, West Africa, Africa

Tiebele village in southern Burkina Faso, Burkina Faso, West Africa, AFrica

Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, Mother feeding baby in maternity ward

Burkina Faso, Little boy holding vaccination records

Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, Mother with child in hospital

Door of an adobe structure house, Ouagadougou, Centre Region, Burkina Faso

Bargaining women on a market, Burkina Faso

Memorial to the Martyrs, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Africa

Memorial to the Martyrs, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Africa

Women on a local market, Burkina Faso

BURKINA FASO Environment Flooding Bund low rock walls built to prevent soil erosion by flash floods. Stones are placed along the contours on gentle slopes. Sometimes the bunds are reinforced by planting tough grasses along the lines. The stones and grass encourage rain water to infiltrate the soil and reduce the amount of rain water that is lost by run-off. Any soil that has been eroded by run-off is trapped by the bund. Topsoil and organic matter e.g. leaf litter is deposited here.Bunds are placed 10 to 25 metres apart African Western Africa Ecology Entorno Environmental Environnement Green Issues

BURKINA FASO Tiebele Group of women preparing house front for decorative painting in traditional Gourounsi village.

BURKINA FASO Sahel Shepherd boys with flock grazing on sparse vegetation.

BURKINA FASO Children Woman breastfeeding child in sling at her side while carrying water pot on her head.

BURKINA FASO Kiembara Man and woman hand tilling soil in field.

Burkina Faso Environment Flooding Bund low rock walls built to prevent soil erosion by flash floods. Stones are placed along the contours on gentle slopes. Sometimes the bunds are reinforced by planting tough grasses along the lines. The stones and grass encourage rain water to infiltrate the soil and reduce the amount of rain water that is lost by run-off. Any soil that has been eroded by run-off is trapped by the bund. Topsoil and organic matter e.g. leaf litter is deposited here.Bunds are placed 10 to 25 metres apart African Western Africa Ecology Entorno Environmental Green Issues Environnement

BURKINA FASO Bisaland Sigue Voisin Village Young girl in village near Garango.