Burkina Faso has been reeling under multiple socioeconomic and political turbulences prior to 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country. Similarly, structural inequalities based on gender and location determined the intensity of Covid-19 impacts on the population. The chapter analysed Burkina ...
BURKINA FASO-POLITICS: OPPOSITION FEARS ELECTIONS WILL BE FLAWEDBrahima Ouedraogo
The junta has set a goal of conducting elections to return the country to democratic rule by July 2024. Burkina Faso has been ravaged by growing attacks by Muslim extremists linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group. The violence has killed thousands, displace...
ELECTIONS: BURKINA FASO.ELECTIONS: BURKINA FASO.The article reports on the victory of President Blaise Compaoré in the presidential election in Burkina Faso. He was able to beat his 11 opponents in the election. The election was a peaceful one. The victory of Compaoré is due to the lack of...
Burkina Faso operates as a semi-presidential republic, where executive power is shared between the President and the Prime Minister. The political system includes a multi-party framework, with periodic elections intended to reflect the democratic will of the populace. The government is divided into ...
In March 2016, the newly elected government of Burkina Faso decided on a major change in health financing policy: it abolished direct payment for healthcare for women and children under five. Unlike other countries in Africa, this decision took a long time, given that the first pilot projects...
was welcomed by France and that it would allow “for a way out of the crisis” in the former French colony. He called for “calm and restraint from everyone involved,” adding that “France recalls its attachment to the Constitution and therefore to the quick holding of democratic elections....
quickly tried and executed on charges of trying to overthrow the government. Since then he has been re-elected four times in disputed elections that saw him win vast majorities. Observers have cited the “Burkinabé Paradox,” referring to the nation’s steady economic growth over the past fiv...
Satellite equipment provides secure, connected elections in Burkina FasoNewtecUnn | United News Network Gmbh
Evidence from an experiment with 472 groups of citizens in rural Burkina Faso suggests that electoral selection favors benevolent candidates. Furthermore, elections increase citizens'willingness to punish corrupt decision makers, even if their ability to do so remains unchanged. However, these beneficial...