ACCRA, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) gathered in Accra, the Ghanaian capital, Saturday, hoping to find a solution to the political situations in Mali, Guinea, and Burkina Faso. Opening ECOWAS' 6th Extraordinary Session of the Authority o...
According to the communique, two missions respectively led by the regional body's Committee of Chiefs of Defense Staff and Council of Ministers will be dispatched to Burkina Faso to assess the security and political situation. The ECOWAS leadership will reconvene in the Ghanaian capital next Thursda...
will allow the government to reduce the budget deficit and preserve critical spending on social services and priority public investments.While the end of the political crisis has allowed Burkina Faso’s economy to resume positive growth, the country’s fragile security situation could put these gains...
Provides information on Burkina Faso, a country located in the African region as of March 2005. Ethnology; Government and political conditions; Economic situation; Travel and business information for visiting Americans.EBSCO_bspBackground Notes on Countries of the World Burkina Faso...
Burkina Faso is not the only country in Africa where incumbent politicians are ‘engineering’ the political system to remain in power. In Côte d’Ivoire, President Ouattara argued a new constitution reset his term limits; in Guinea, President Alpha Condé offered the same exact argument for ...
Political Officer--Breanna Green Economic Officer--vacant Management Officer--vacant Peace Corps Country Director--Marilyn Knieriemen Public Affairs Officer--Joann Lockard Vice Consul--vacant TheU.S. Embassyin Burkina Faso is located on 602 Avenue Raoul Follereau in Ouagadougou. Mailing addresses are...
“Burkina Faso’s ‘West African Spring,'”The Nation, February 2014. Additional Resources The following are articles and reports that provide an overview of the situation in Burkina Faso. “Deadly Standoff Leaves Burkina Faso Stunned,”The New York Times, January 2016. ...
Burkina Faso, though mired in poverty, had long been a country of stability in politically violatile West Africa. Compaore had served as a political mediator in a bloody post-election dispute in Ivory Coast. However, frustration mounted as he sought legislative approval for a bill that would ha...
“The situation is very volatile in Burkina Faso,” a French spokeswoman told The Associated Press on Sunday. Damiba came to power in January promising to secure the country from jihadi violence. However, the situation only deteriorated as jihadis imposed blockades on towns and have intensified ...
Francois Beogo, a political activist from the Movement for the Refounding of Burkina Faso, said Damiba "has showed his limits." "People were expecting a real change," he said of the January coup d'etat. Some demonstrators voiced support for Russian involvement in order to stem the violence...