| 5,485,996 |
10.33 |
-3.18 |
Burkina Faso |
|
A young person has been killed during a violent skirmish between protestors and security forces in the south-western town of Gaoua in Burkina Faso. |
| 5,486,000 |
12.3703 |
-1.5247 |
Burkina Faso |
|
In response to information on a possible terrorist threat, on 3 July U.S. authorities moved their citizenry from northern Burkinabe areas to the national capital, Ouagadougou, Agence France-Presse reports. The evacuation came two days after the U.S. State Department issued a warning that Islamist group al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) planned to kidnap a U.S. national in the region bordering Mali.citizenry from northern Burkinabe areas to the national capital, Ouagadougou, Agence France-Presse reports. The evacuation came two days after the U.S. State Department issued a warningthat Islamist group al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) planned to kidnap a U.S. national inthe region bordering Mali.In response to information on a possible terrorist threat, on 3 July U.S. authorities moved theircitizenry from northern Burkinabe areas to the national capital, Ouagadougou, Agence France-Presse reports. The evacuation came two days after the U.S. State Department issued a warningthat Islamist group al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) planned to kidnap a U.S. national inthe region bordering Mali. |
| 5,486,004 |
12.3703 |
-1.5247 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Three police officers in Burkina Faso have been locked up on suspicion of having beaten a young man to death in the southwestern town of Gaoua, judicial sources said Friday. |
| 5,486,008 |
12.25 |
-2.3667 |
Burkina Faso |
|
A government statement issued Thursday said demonstrations started Tuesday in the city of Koudougou over the death of a jailed student. The government said he died of meningitis while in police custody. Fellow students say he died because he received bad treatment. A local journalist says he saw bodies of a demonstrator and a policeman. The government says two were killed and two policemen were wounded. Demonstrators also looted and torched government buildings and vehicles. |
| 5,486,011 |
12.25 |
-2.3667 |
Burkina Faso |
|
More protests followed the next day, this time drawing in other youth and shopkeepers who suffered losses in the previous unrest. |
| 5,486,014 |
12.3703 |
-1.5247 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Students in the capital briefly marched Thursday in solidarity with Koudougou but calm returned to Ouagadougou. |
| 5,486,018 |
12.96 |
-2.27 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Around 20 prisoners escaped in Burkina Faso on Monday after teenagers set four police stations on fire to protest against violent clashes that killed four students last month. |
| 5,486,021 |
11.1772 |
-4.2979 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Elsewhere in the country, peaceful protests took place Monday in Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso's second city, and six other towns. |
| 5,486,025 |
12.18 |
-0.36 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Others burned down another police station in Koupela, 140 kilometres (85 miles) to the east, allowing nine prisoners to escape, residents said. |
| 5,486,029 |
14.04 |
-0.03 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Protesters also set fire to police stations in Gourcy in the north and in Dori in the northeast, said a resident. |
