As President Blaise Compaore is granted immunity for previous crimes, Virgil Hawkins looks back at Burkina Faso’s recent turbulent history.
Filed in: Burkina Faso United States
Burkina Faso
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Are ordinary Tuaregs becoming Mali conflict scapegoats?
Nick Harvey and Julien Tremblin look at the plight of Tuareg refugees caught in the crossfire of a conflict that’s as devastating as it is complex.
Filed in: Algeria Burkina Faso Conflict Hunger Mali Mauritania Migration Niger Refugees
- Nick Harvey and Julien Tremblin
- March 30, 2012
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Burkina Faso
Until the beginning of this year, the West African nation seemed like an island of calm in a troubled region. Then everything changed…
Filed in: Burkina Faso
- Misha Kally
- July 1, 2011
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The Awakening
There’s revolution in the capital. But will it touch the lives of Memnatu and the villagers of Salmaga, far away? A short story by Chris Brazier, inspired by people he came to know in Burkina Faso in 1985.
Filed in: Burkina Faso Fiction
- Chris Brazier
- October 9, 2006
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Tied to the job
Caste still has to shake off its shackles in Africa.
Filed in: Africa Burkina Faso Work
- Tidiane Kassé
- July 1, 2005
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Esso boycott
Don’t feel powerless about climate change.
Filed in: Activism Burkina Faso Chile Climate Change Colombia Economics Energy Human Rights Indonesia Language Media Trade United States West Papua
- June 1, 2001
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