| 5,486,175 |
13.5828 |
-2.4216 |
Burkina Faso |
|
In Ouahigouya, students blocked the main entrances to the northern town as they declared a 48-hour strike to demand "truth and justice" for the victims, as well as the departure of the new government, formed on April 21, witnesses said. |
| 5,486,178 |
12.3703 |
-1.5247 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Thousands of women demonstrated for peace Saturday in Burkina Faso's capital, where the regime has for several months faced waves of protests over police brutality and the high cost of living. |
| 5,486,182 |
11.17 |
-1.15 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Angry soldiers in southern Burkina Faso fired their weapons late into the night before returning to barracks, residents said Sunday a month after widespread army and police mutinies."Calm has returned but the shooting went on until four (0400 GMT)," said a resident of the key garrison town of Po reached by telephone from the capital Ouagadougou. |
| 5,486,185 |
12.3703 |
-1.5247 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Authorities in Burkina Faso on Monday lifted a month-old curfew imposed on the capital Ouagadougou after mutinous soldiers went on a rampage. |
| 5,486,191 |
12.18 |
-4.09 |
Burkina Faso |
|
An outbreak of ethnic violence left two people dead and 25 injured in Burkina Faso's Solenzo region, prompting authorities to impose a nightime curfew, officials said Wednesday.The violence between the indigenous Bwaba and migrant Mossi ethnic groups broke out after a traditional initiation ceremony on Monday night, local governor Siaka Prosper Traore told AFP from Solenzo in north-east Burkina Faso. |
| 5,486,194 |
12.3703 |
-1.5247 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Thousands of students on Monday took to the streets of Burkina Faso's capital burning tires and chanting in support of teachers who are demanding better conditions.Angry students also entered the education ministry, destroyed computers, smashed windows and burned documents on the streets outside. |
| 5,486,197 |
12.3703 |
-1.5247 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Students demonstrated across Burkina Faso Tuesday to support striking professors, witnesses said, but troops in the capital Ouagadougou returned to barracks after a protest late Monday. |
| 5,486,201 |
14.04 |
-0.03 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Stray bullets injured three civilians overnight when soldiers rioted in the streets to make pay demands in the northern Burkina Faso town of Dori, a medical source said. |
| 5,486,205 |
11.1772 |
-4.2979 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Soldiers from Burkina Faso's second largest military base took to the streets of the country's economic capital Tuesday night firing shots into the air, said witnesses. |
| 5,486,209 |
11.1772 |
-4.2979 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Angry troops again rampaged through Burkina Faso's second largest city Thursday, firing shots into the air and looting businesses, residents said. |
