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28 Feb 2013
 
 
Post-election reflection: Burkina Faso’s December 2012 parliamentary and municipal elections
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
On 2 December 2012, the Burkinabe people took to the polls to vote for their parliamentary and municipal representatives. Elections in Burkina Faso, as with many other African countries, are...
 
 
05 Dec 2012
 
 
 
Daily podcast – December 5, 2012.
PODCAST
Anglo American CEO Cynthia Carroll said Gordon Institute of Business Science conference on Tuesday that South Africa had succeeded in extricating itself from its grave political problems in the...
 
 
SA: Statement by CIVICUS, world alliance for citizen participation, harsh prison sentences for Journalists undermine Freedom of Expression in Burkina Faso (05/12/2012)
STATEMENT
Two senior journalists have been handed disproportionate sentences for “defamation” and their newspaper has been ordered to suspend its circulation for six months by the Ouagadougou High Court.
 
 
23 Aug 2012
 
Burkina Faso
Country Profiles
Burkina Faso Capital city: Ouagadougou Languages: French (official); native African languages belonging to the Sudanic family (other)
 
 
02 Aug 2012
 
UN: Statement by Antonio Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, urging countries to provide support for under-funded refugees fleeing Mali (02/08/2012)
STATEMENT
In the midst of a visit to Burkina Faso, a United Nations top official today urged countries to provide support for the severely under-funded operation for the large number of refugees fleeing...
 
 
11 Oct 2011
 
ILO: Somavia: Address by the Director-General: at the 12th ILO African regional meeting, Johannesburg (11/10/2011)
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Date: 11/10/2011
Source: The International Labour Organisation
Title: ILO: Somavia: Address by the Director-General: at the 12th ILO African regional meeting, Johannesburg

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26 Aug 2011
 
News this week
UPDATE
Jobs are not being created fast enough to absorb the rising labour force, Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel says. Taking questions in the National Assembly, he says this is despite two...
 
 
26 Apr 2011
 
Burkina Faso’s Blaise Compaore Under Threat
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
Last week, the citizens of Burkina Faso woke up to the news of another army mutiny. This could have been seen as insignificant, had it not involved one of the most important units of President...
 
 
19 Apr 2011
 
Côte d’Ivoire: The Battle of Abidjan
SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
As the dust starts to settle on a devastated and traumatised Abidjan, attention has focused on Alassane Ouattara, now the effective, as well as elective, leader of the country. Common views in the...
 
 
03 Sep 2010
 
Fears of post-electoral violence in Guinea
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
Guineans are voting in the second round of presidential elections on 19 September, more than two months after the first round held on 27th June. About two weeks before the election day, negative...
 
 
21 Jun 2010
 
Guinea: Pre-election report
REPORT
Situated in the unstable West African region, Guinea is bordered by Sierra Leone, Liberia and the Côte d‘Ivoire. With recent spurts of violence, particularly the brutal massacre of unarmed...
 
 
22 Feb 2010
 
Pre-election Report: Togo
Togo
The inception of a Togolese republic in 1961 was preceded by a turbulent history, which first gained prominence through the region being a major European raiding centre in the search for slaves....
 
 
04 Dec 2009
 
Pre-election Report: Côte d'Ivoire
REPORT
The latter part of the twentieth century represents a violent and bloody chapter in the Côte d'Ivoire's history. After the relative stability experienced during the long-serving Felix...
 
 
21 Oct 2008
 
SA: Hogan: Speech delivered at the opening of the seventh Pan-African Conference of the Red Cross Society in Johannesburg (20/10/2008)
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Date: 20/10/2008
Source: Department of Health
Title: SA: Hogan: Speech delivered at the opening of the 7th Pan African Conference of the Red Cross Society in Johannesburg...
 
 
08 Sep 2008
 
SA: Tshabalala-Msimang: Address at the launch of a postage stamp to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Alma Ata Declaration on Primary Healthcare (08/09/2008)
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Date: 08/09/2008
Source: Department of Health
Title: SA: Tshabalala-Msimang: Address at the launch of a postage stamp to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Alma Ata...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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