| 6,030,514 |
12.6518 |
-1.88875 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Some 5,000 students and school pupils demonstrated Tuesday against the closure of Burkina Faso's university in Ouagadougou. |
| 6,030,520 |
12.3646 |
-1.53386 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Police backed by armed militiamen clashed Wednesday with demonstrators commemorating the second anniversary of the unsolved killing of a journalist in this West African country. |
| 6,030,526 |
12.3646 |
-1.53386 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Lecturers said they had agreed to halt their protests calling for reforms of the university's administration in return for government agreeing to hold talks on their grievances. |
| 6,030,531 |
12.3646 |
-1.53386 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Critics called it a government bid for impunity, and organized a counter National Mourning Day. Hundreds gathered at the cemetery holding the grave of popular journalist Norbert Zongo, whose 1998 killing touched off what has been lasting public |
| 6,030,536 |
12.3646 |
-1.53386 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Asking for forgiveness before a 30,000-strong stadium crowd, Burkina Faso's 13-year leader delivered an unprecedented apology for torture and all other crimes committed by his West African nation. |
| 6,030,545 |
12.3646 |
-1.53386 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Scores of Burkinabes Thursday attacked Lebanese-owned shops in the capital city of Ouagadougou to protest against supposed charges of smuggling levelled against native traders. |
| 6,030,552 |
12.3646 |
-1.53386 |
Burkina Faso |
|
In a show of protest, thousands of people marched in silence Thursday to the grave of a journalist whose death in a car fire three years ago remains unsolved. |
| 6,030,557 |
12.3646 |
-1.53386 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Some 2,000 workers staged a protest in the capital to mark May Day, during which they announced they had called a general strike on May 28 and 29. |
| 6,030,562 |
12.3646 |
-1.53386 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Nearly 2,000 striking workers took to the streets of Ouagadougou on Thursday demanding higher wages to cope with hardships caused by Burkina Faso's structural adjustment programme. |
| 6,030,567 |
12.3646 |
-1.53386 |
Burkina Faso |
|
The announcement came as riot police in the Burkina Faso capital Ouagadougou clashed with some 3,000 people protesting over the treatment being meted out to Burkina Faso nationals in Ivory Coast since the September 19 military uprising there. |
| 6,030,574 |
12.3646 |
-1.53386 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Gendarmerie police in Burkina Faso have been holding the leader of the national students' association, Bertrand Meda, and five other students accused of vandalism for three days, police said Monday. |
| 6,030,579 |
12.3646 |
-1.53386 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Chanting anti-American slogans, thousands in two west African countries marched Tuesday to protest the U.S.- and British-led war in Iraq. |
| 6,030,587 |
12.3646 |
-1.53386 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Stallkeepers in Burkina Faso went on the rampage Friday, incensed over what they see as government plans to hand the city's sprawling central market to commercial interests and protesting police violence. |
| 6,030,593 |
12.06 |
.36000001 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Bandits attack police after harassing a local village. |
| 6,030,598 |
12.3646 |
-1.53386 |
Burkina Faso |
|
One inmate was killed and 102 others escaped on September 29 last year after a jail cell riot to protest a shortage of drinking water in the jail. Many of those inmates have since been recaptured. |
| 6,030,604 |
12.3646 |
-1.53386 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Two people were killed and 14 others injured on Saturday in a stampede at the opening of the Fespaco Panafrican film and television festival in the Burkina Faso capital, emergency services said. |
| 6,030,611 |
11.0246 |
-3.9221201 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Armed highway robbery is such a daily worry to people of Burkina Faso that opposition politicians taking on President Blaise Compaore in an election on Sunday have focussed their campaigns on security. |
| 6,030,619 |
12.3646 |
-1.53386 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Around 50 women dressed in black prayed at the grave of a murdered journalist on Sunday to protest the scrapping of a case against a security official who is the sole suspect accused in the killing. |
| 6,030,626 |
12.3646 |
-1.53386 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Peasant farmers in the West African state of Burkina Faso launched a protest campaign on Thursday against the economic partnership agreements the European Union is negotiating with 75 of the world's poorest countries. |
| 6,030,634 |
12.3646 |
-1.53386 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Firefights between soldiers and police in Burkina Faso's capital killed four people overnight, an official said Thursday. |
| 6,030,641 |
12.242 |
.47172499 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Two people were killed and four arrested in violence that erupted in eastern Burkina Faso after villagers refused to make traditional gifts to a local chief, a prosecutor said Monday. |
| 6,030,650 |
12.3646 |
-1.53386 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Hundreds of sub-Saharan Africans rallied Monday in Burkina Faso against the abuse of women infected with HIV/AIDS. |
| 6,030,657 |
12.2657 |
-1.53909 |
Burkina Faso |
|
More than 100 people have been arrested in Burkina Faso's second city after a protest against rising living costs ended in violent clashes, the interior minister said Thursday. |
| 6,030,662 |
12.3646 |
-1.53386 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Several unions in Burkina Faso called for a general strike next month as tens of thousands staged protest marches Saturday against the high cost of living in the west African country. |
| 6,030,668 |
12.2657 |
-1.53909 |
Burkina Faso |
|
A general strike over high prices in Ougadougou spread elsewhere in Burkina Faso Wednesday, slowing more public sectors, unions said, while the government insisted, everything was running as normal. |
| 6,030,673 |
12.2657 |
-1.53909 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in several towns in Burkina Faso, one of the world's poorest countries, on Wednesday to protest the rising cost of living as part of a three-day general strike. |
| 6,030,679 |
10.8333 |
-3.4166701 |
Burkina Faso |
|
At least 14 people have died in the poor West African nation of Burkina Faso after clashes between farmers and shepherds since May 24, the authorities said Monday. |
| 6,030,690 |
12.3646 |
-1.53386 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Burkina Faso on Thursday closed the student campus at the university of Ouagadougou, which has been paralysed by a student strike for the past fortnight. |
| 6,030,695 |
12.2657 |
-1.53909 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Total employees strike over a sacked employee |
| 6,030,701 |
12.25 |
-2.3666699 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Prisoners riot and attempt to escape, prompting the guards to open fire |
| 6,030,706 |
12.3646 |
-1.53386 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Citizens strike, protesting a new communal development tax on motorcycles and bicycles. |
| 6,030,711 |
12.3646 |
-1.53386 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Citizens protest against new district taxes. |
| 6,030,716 |
10.1757 |
-3.1503 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Citizens witness police being rough with a suspect and attack them. |
| 6,030,721 |
12.3646 |
-1.53386 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Riots erupt over the death of a jailed student. Clashes erupt with the police. |
| 6,030,724 |
12.25 |
-2.3666699 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Riots erupt over the death of a jailed student. Clashes erupt with the police. |
| 6,030,729 |
12.2657 |
-1.53909 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Students hold rallies and riots across the country to protest the death of a student in jail. Government buildings are torched and prisoners are set free. |
| 6,030,734 |
12.3646 |
-1.53386 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Troops from two camps in the capital fire into the air and ransack shops to protest a court judgment punishing fellow soldiers for a sex scandal. The soldiers are set free in response. |
| 6,030,739 |
12.06 |
.36000001 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Soldiers fire into the air and demand the release of a comrade jailed for the rape of a teenage girl. The convict is released after a five hour protest. The soldiers then block access to the town, starting a mutiny. |
| 6,030,745 |
12.3646 |
-1.53386 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Tens of thousands march against the president and the high cost of living. |
| 6,030,753 |
12.2657 |
-1.53909 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Soldiers mutiny in the capital over unpaid housing allowances; they are joined by dozens of the presidential guard. Mutiny, looting, and protest spreads across the country, with students staging several violent protests. Protesters claim an Arab Spring connection. |
| 6,030,760 |
12.49273 |
-1.6424561 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Violence broke out when the Liliou group refused to accept an Akonga as the new village chief. Over 100 houses were burned and one Akonga and nine Liliou were killed. |
| 6,030,772 |
12.3646 |
-1.53386 |
Burkina Faso |
|
3,000 demonstrators marched on Ouagadougou, while others staged protests in other urban areas against recent price hikes. |
| 6,030,777 |
11.16 |
-4.3299999 |
Burkina Faso |
|
3,000 demonstrators marched on Ouagadougou, while others staged protests in other urban areas against recent price hikes. |
| 6,030,783 |
11.11 |
.38 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Clashes broke out between farmers and herders when a Fula herdsman refused to compensate a Bissa farmer after his herd destroyed his crops |
| 6,030,788 |
11.16 |
-4.3299999 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Thousands of demonstrators protested against the creation of a senate, which they say will extend the rule of President Blaise Compaore and police fired tear gas |
| 6,030,792 |
12.3646 |
-1.53386 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Thousands of demonstrators protested against the creation of a senate, which they say will extend the rule of President Blaise Compaore and police fired tear gas |
| 6,030,798 |
12.2657 |
-1.53909 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Thousands of followers of opposition leader Zephirin Diabre protested around the country against rising costs for basic goods like rice and sugar |
| 6,030,803 |
11.16 |
-4.3299999 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Thousands of protesters marched decrying a perceived attempt by the president to extend his hold on power through the creation of a new Senate |
| 6,030,806 |
12.3646 |
-1.53386 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Thousands of protesters marched decrying a perceived attempt by the president to extend his hold on power through the creation of a new Senate |
| 6,030,812 |
12.3646 |
-1.53386 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Students set more than a dozen cars on fire after university officials told the students to vacate their dormitories at the end of July and they refused and nearly 50 people were arrested |
