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Landprofil 2010-2011 av Inger Marie Silli Zongo:
Burkina Faso
Det sosialdemokratiske partiet ”Congrès pour la Démocratie et le Progrès” (CDP) har styrt landet i 23 år, og president Blaise Compaoré har blitt gjenvald tre gonger. I november 2010 er det planlagd nytt presidentval. Diplomatiet i Burkina Faso, med president Blaise Compaoré i spissen, har nyleg bidratt som meklar i den politiske krisa i Guinea og har dei siste åra hatt ei meklarrolle i Togo og Elfenbeinskysten. Hovudstaden og nokre provinsar blei ramma av flom i september 2009. Les mer >
Africa News Update - siste saker fra Burkina Faso
Crisis and uprising - but why no cameras? (opinion)
When most major international news networks finally caught up with the final climactic moments of the Tunisian revolution, it seemed as though, between racing to get last-minute flights to Tunis and playing catch-up with other news agencies that had been reporting on Tunisia since December, the world's major media players made a collective 'never again' resolution to never or try not to ignore any developing story again. Les mer >
Pambazuka News, by Tendai Marima* / 6.5.2011
What next for Compaoré?
Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) - President Blaise Compaoré is increasingly cornered, and must adopt a series of urgent reforms to avoid further waves of unrest in the country, say West African analysts. Les mer >
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) / 2.5.2011
Farmers act on climate change
Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) - Disappointed by the “failure” of the Copenhagen talks to adequately help poor countries adapt to climate change, the Burkina Faso government and farmers are working to adjust farming techniques to changing weather patterns. Les mer >
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) / 21.1.2010