Category Archives: Burkina Faso

Bruno Jaffré writes: L’ambiance est délétère et plus la crise s’approfondit plus la colère gronde. Alors qu’il suffirait que Blaise Compaoré respecte la constitution, comme il a juré de le faire, par le passé, qu’il accepte d’organiser les élections sans … Continue reading →

The good news is that the talks are officially comprehensive.  The bad news is no date for next meeting.  How about tomorrow? « Premièrement, la question de la révision de l’article 37 de la Constitution, deuxièmement, la question de l’installation … Continue reading →

Annoncée en fin de semaine dernière dans un contexte marqué par des débats « houleux » sur l’article 37 et la mise en place du Sénat, la rencontre de ce jour qu’on peut qualifier de « premier pas », jette … Continue reading →

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Today, my eighth day, was the end.  I was feeling light-headed and sleepy almost all day.  My weird rash, where patches of skin feel like they are on fire, was diminished, but still there.  Then about 8pm this evening, I … Continue reading →

ARSENIC ALB 30 – to counter: the great debility with low vital power, the exhaustion after even slight exertion, the mental and physical restlessness, the sense of fear he was fraught with, the depressed spirit, the aversion to food, the … Continue reading →

Various neurologic sequelae can occur with persistent chikungunya fever.Approximately 40% of those with CF will complain of various neurological symptoms but hardly 10% will have persistent manifestations. Peripheral neuropathy with a predominant sensory component is the most common 5-8%. Paresethesias, … Continue reading →

The cost-effectiveness of public intervention seems like it must be higher than for any other disease.  If it gets to 100,000 deaths, even if the valuation of life is as little as $10,000, the loss will be in the billions … Continue reading →

A year ago, hedge funds were bit players in Puerto Rico and municipal bonds in general, long regarded as a sleepy market dominated by mutual funds that buy and hold the same bonds for years.Hedge funds began descending en masse … Continue reading →

So I got Chikungunya unfortunately. My symptoms started yesterday morning, and built all day, and by nighttime the joint pain was all over… you know it is bad when you wake up at 4am looking at your gnarled hand and … Continue reading →

Lots of publicity, quick public health action, good treatment… so the Guinean is cured and none of his contacts got infected…. supposedly.  Reassuring. Il est vrai que pour l’instant, la campagne active de prévention menée par les autorités sénégalaises a … Continue reading →

She seems to be be pretty well, although last week when she got it was hell for her and my father.  It’s big news here is Puerto Rico with estimates of 20,000 cases…. If the deaths are confirmed to be … Continue reading →

Of course, could be a Machiavellian scheme to destabilize the MPP. But if someone does something deliberately to destabilize you, surely you can emerge un-destabilized?  Politics is the great game indeed. Au Burkina Faso, le parti au pouvoir, le CDP … Continue reading →