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Burkina Faso

  • Burkina Faso elections A refugee camp in northern Burkina Faso. Credit: Pablo Tosco/Oxfam.
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    Elections will be tricky, but Burkina Faso has an even bigger problem

    By Brian J. Peterson
    November 20, 2020
    The Islamist militant threat constitutes a full-blown insurgency. Jihadist groups control significant territory and have displaced over 1 million people. When Burkina Faso holds ...
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  • Protesting on the 30th anniversary of former president Thomas Sankara's assassination. Credit: Balai Citoyen.
    Burkina FasoSocietyTop story

    How Burkina Faso took to the streets to remove a dictator, then stayed there

    By Ernest Harsch
    April 19, 2018
    Years after Burkinabé citizens overthrew a repressive regime, street protests continue apace over a wide range of issues. Early this month, Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou was briefly ...
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    Burkina FasoSocietyTop story

    “We’re here to stay”: Vigilante policing spreading across Burkina Faso

    By Bram Posthumus
    January 26, 2018
    In the absence of the state, local armed units have emerged to enforce law and order. They have been welcomed by many, but not ...
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    The “People’s Victory”: President-elect Kaboré and the democratic road ahead for Burkina Faso

    By Brian J. Peterson
    December 4, 2015
    It’s tempting to think Roch Kaboré will simply replicate Compaoré’s old system, but the reality is that something has fundamentally changed in Burkina Faso. When ...
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    How Burkina Faso ensured its freest and fairest elections ever

    By Eloise Bertrand
    December 2, 2015
    Through the coordinated mobilisation of voters, civil society and the electoral commission, Burkina Faso made sure its most open election ever was also its most transparent. On ...
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    After the coup in Burkina Faso: unity, justice, and dismantling the Compaoré system

    By Brian J. Peterson
    September 25, 2015
    The courage of the Burkinabé people has been demonstrated once again, but so has the fact that the Compaoré system is still intact. Will ...
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  • Burkina FasoPolitics

    Popular resistance to the Burkina Faso coup: who, where and what next?

    By Eloise Bertrand
    September 21, 2015
    As in October 2014, huge numbers of Burkinabé have taken to the streets. But this time round, it may be mobilisations in secondary towns ...
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    Burkina Faso: The Old Guard vs. The People, Round 2

    By Idayat Hassan
    September 18, 2015
    Less than a year after Blaise Compaoré was removed by a popular uprising, his allies have regained power through an unpopular coup. In late ...
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