Category Archives: Burkina Faso

I am not a medical professional, and I will not pretend to know what is truly happening here. It’s become a common conversation topic in Washington to muse on whether the president is suffering from some form of cognitive decline … Continue reading →

Naomi Adamu had once been an ordinary student at the Chibok Government Secondary School. She was older than most of her classmates. She played soccer. She studied mathematics in her dormitory bunk bed. Now, as she shuffled through the wilderness … Continue reading →

Le lundi 06/11/2017 la sortie fut dans la commune de Sabce. Elle avait pour objectif, la vérification des outils de gestion et la récupération des livres en retard, nous avons pu récupérer ensemble une dizaine. Le mardi 07/11/2017 la visite … Continue reading →

Nice New York Times article by Jennifer Schluessler.  Data analysis of texts is fun and informative.  But “close reading” will always remain the primary tool for discussing and interpreting a literary text.  The attention to particular phrasing and using novel … Continue reading →

If we adopt the conventional 5% level of statistical significance and 80% power level, as well, then the ‘true effect’ will need to be 2.8 standard errors from zero to discriminate it from zero. The value of 2.8 is the … Continue reading →

The Santa Clara County Housing Authority needs a shakeup. Dealing with federal rental vouchers and other programs for low-income residents, the authority’s appointed governing board is autonomous from both the county and the city of San Jose. The joint authority … Continue reading →

A nice initiative by the Minister of Culture Tahirou Barry. Le circuit inaugural s’est refermé à Dori avec le baptême du monument de Hama Arba Diallo, figure emblématique de l’opposition burkinabè. « Arba Diallo est une figure emblématique de notre … Continue reading →

La résistance des pouvoirs coutumiers s’est faite par la recherche permanente du contrôle des structures populaires. Dans ce modus operandi, les institutions coutumières s’appuyèrent sur les liens familiaux et lignagers afin d’investir les structures populaires. Les chefs traditionnels ont su … Continue reading →

Les 26 et 27 octobre 2017, l’Université Ouaga1 Pr Joseph Ki-Zerbo abritera un colloque pour marquer le 30e anniversaire de l’assassinat du Président Thomas Sankara (15 octobre 1987). L’objectif étant de permette aux acteurs politiques, scientifiques et de la société … Continue reading →

Maybe 100 people. Likely currently unemployed and poor.  So we call that means-tested welfare, not a universal basic income.  And the control group sure won’t have any response bias, for sure. Tubbs says he hopes the experiment will run at … Continue reading →

Seems like a lot of technical glitches still have to be worked out. See what happens next month! La esperanza de que los globos de Project Loon pudieran conectar a Puerto Rico tan pronto como esta semana -como se había … Continue reading →

Ante el colapso financiero y operacional de la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica (AEE) y la incapacidad fiscal del gobierno de Puerto Rico, los estragos causados por el huracán María al sistema eléctrico de la isla se han convertido en una … Continue reading →

From my review of Thomas Sankara Speaks: The Burkina Faso Revolution 1983-87: There is no doubt that Sankara’s heart was in the right place. But the DOP speech and others illustrate three features of Sankara’s rule that I find troubling: … Continue reading →

De entre el aluvión de mentiras hay unas que irritan más que otras. El pueblo las identifica todo el tiempo y deja pasar la mayoría. Entre las que se quedan alimentando la ira son las relacionadas con la Autoridad de … Continue reading →

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