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Burkina Faso: “Freeze assets of pro-Compaoré officials” – Anti-graft group

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Burkina Faso’s National Anti-corruption Network (REN-LAC) has called for the freezing of assets of officials of ousted President Blaise Compaoré regime and investigations into “blood crimes” during demonstrations that overthrew him after 27 years in … Read More

Burkina Faso: Authorities reopen airports, relax curfew

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – The head Burkina Faso’s transition, Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Zida, on Saturday announced the reopening of the country’s airports closed on Friday following the resignation of long-serving President Blaise Compaore after violent protests by hundreds of … Read More

Burkinabé citizens protest at UN headquarters to oust President Compaoré

By Isseu Diouf Campbell Several members of New York City’s Burkinabé community gathered at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, across the United Nations headquarters, on June 10, 2014, to protest against any attempt to revise Article 37 of the Constitution that would … Read More