In December 2011 the National Assembly revised by 3/4 vote the Constitution.  One of the changes was to introduce bicameralism, with a Senate.  Who is in the 90-person Senate? (Well, for starters older people only please… you have to be over 45…. )

Les sénateurs représentant les autorités coutumières et religieuses, les travailleurs, le patronat et les Burkinabè de l’étranger sont désignés par leurs structures respectives.

So chiefs, religious leaders, bosses and workers, and dishwashers in Paris… but no farmers… hmmm… 75% of the population doesn’t get any representation in the Senate… just like in the United States!

via constitution-revisee-juin-2012.pdf.