| 5,486,729 |
12.3703 |
-1.5247 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Medical students from the Polytechnic University of Ouahigouya went on strike Oct. 21 and 22 to demand better conditions for study and internships. |
| 5,486,732 |
12.3703 |
-1.5247 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Rioters used tree trunks and ropes to barricade National Highway 3 on the morning of Oct. 23, preventing all vehicles from leaving Ouagadougou. Riots were in reaction to government's announcement of a draft bill to amend the two-term presidential limit. |
| 5,486,735 |
11.1772 |
-4.2979 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Teachers sit-in at the Governorate of Hauts-Bassins to protest education policies. |
| 5,486,740 |
12.3703 |
-1.5247 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Leaders of the Catholic communities, evangelical, Islamic and traditional religion gathered at the municipal stadium in Ouagadougou to pray for peace. |
| 5,486,743 |
11.1772 |
-4.2979 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Protests in streets of Bobo-Dioulasso on Oct. 27. To keep parliament from voting on a constitutional amendment to the presidential two-term limit. Part of a call for civil disobedience by political opposition leader Zephyrinus Diabr. |
| 5,486,746 |
12.3703 |
-1.5247 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Protests in streets of Ouagadougou on Oct. 27. To keep parliament from voting on a constitutional amendment to the presidential two-term limit. Part of a call for civil disobedience by political opposition leader Zephyrinus Diabr. |
| 5,486,749 |
10.63333 |
-4.76667 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Hundreds of protesters in the streets in Banfora on Oct. 28 to protest the upcoming parliamentary vote. No reports of security forces present. |
| 5,486,752 |
12.46338 |
-3.46075 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Hundreds of protesters in the streets in Ddougou on Oct. 28 to protest the upcoming parliamentary vote. |
| 5,486,756 |
11.1772 |
-4.2979 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Rioters protested in Bobo-Dioulasso on Oct. 28 and destroyed a statute of Blaise Compaore. Police fired tear gas. |
| 5,486,760 |
12.3703 |
-1.5247 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Thousands of rioters in the streets of Ouagadougou on Oct. 28. Rioters burned tires and threw rocks. Police fired tear gas and water cannons. Riots trying to stop parliament from voting on a constitutional amendment to the presidential two-term limit. |
