Burkina Faso

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Burkina Faso
Population:	14.6 mn.
GDP:	8.9 bn.
Debt:	1.3 bn.
Overview:	After protests and military mutinies President Blaise Compaoré will fail to change the constitution and secure another term for 2015. He faces growing opposition in 2012's elections.

Burkina Faso Country Report

news from Burkina Faso

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Found 14 articles.

Vol 42 No 21
26th October 2001

On Blaise's trail

Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaoré is the latest in a series of African leaders on overseas visits to be harried by human rights organisations. He spent mid-October in Paris and provincial France, claiming he wanted to see a satisfactory end ...

Vol 41 No 23
24th November 2000

Stuck in the sand

President Blaise Compaoré has changed his government but not his problems

Vol 41 No 22
10th November 2000

Losing friends

President Blaise Compaoré has been stuck in a political crisis for two years.

Vol 40 No 20
8th October 1999

Whodunit?

One death too many has left Compaoré's regime in a deep hole. It intends to escape

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