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Burkina Faso

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    Burkina Faso’s battle for the airwaves

    By Emma Heywood, Emmanuel Klimis, Lassané Yaméogo & Marie Fierens
    February 7, 2022
    One of the first things the coup leaders on taking power this January was to restore the internet and surround the national broadcaster with tanks. ...
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    Making sense of the coup in Burkina Faso

    By Nick Westcott
    January 31, 2022
    The latest coup in the Sahel again points to domestic and international distrust and policy failures. Another day, another coup in the Sahel. Within ...
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  • boko haram Outside Kurmi Market in Kano, North West Nigeria. Credit: Eugene Kim.
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    The most worrying aspect of the Kankara kidnapping

    By Audu Bulama Bukarti
    February 17, 2021
    Could Boko Haram’s spread in northwest Nigeria increase opportunities for coordination between Islamist groups in the Lake Chad Basin and Sahel? On 17 December, ...
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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.
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    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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    “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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