Burkina Faso
Why Africa Is Shedding All Military Regimes As Latin America Did
Heil! Heil! Museveni promised “fundamental” change but gave Uganda fundamental dictatorship Shortly after independence, military officers overthrew elected civilian governments and established military regimes ...
BURKINA FASO’S ‘AFRICAN SPRING’ SOURS AS MILITARY SCOOPS UP MAJOR POSTS
Nov. 25 (GIN) – Three weeks after a people’s revolt in Burkina Faso, which sent President Blaise Campaore fleeing into exile, dreams of a ...
BURKINA FASO’S ARMY PICK TO FILL OUSTED PRESIDENT’S SEAT
Nov. 17 (GIN) – Political and military leaders in the West African nation of Burkina Faso have settled on a former foreign minister, Michel ...
WITH BROOMS AND SPATULAS, A ‘PRESIDENT FOR LIFE’ IS REMOVED
Nov. 3 (GIN) – In a burst of pent-up anger, a youth-led movement overpowered the unpopular regime of Blaise Compaore of the West African ...
Maputo Declaration Revisited: Only 7 African Countries Meet Agricultural Spending Goals
Senegal’s President Macky Sall; his is one of few African countries meeting target Global Post ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The African Union commemorated the ...
Nyerere: In Africa, As In Asia, The State Must Nurture Economic Development
Julius Nyerere [From The Archives] After a 1995 press conference in Tanzania, Julius Nyerere, who had then already retired as Tanzania’s first president answers ...
