The highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu strain has been found in poultry on the outskirts of Burkina Faso´s capital Ouagadougou, the West African country´s Livestock Minister Tiemoko Konate said.

Konate said in a televised announcement late on Monday that the bird flu strain had been confirmed by the World Animal Health Organisation (OIE). The discovery makes impoverished, landlocked Burkina Faso Africa´s fifth country with confirmed H5N1 outbreaks.