Category Archives: Burkina Faso

El director ejecutivo de la Autoridad , Ricardo Ramos, informó que el 80% del sistema de transmisión y distribución de la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica (AEE) colapsó tras el azote del huracán María. Dijo que el reto para energizar Puerto … Continue reading →

It is a decent review, but she doesn’t finish the thought in the review… If all we mean by “capitalism” is exploitation for profit, then Kenneth Stampp’s The Peculiar Institution (1956) might have put an end to the discussion by … Continue reading →

It was fun to do a studio interview.  Evariste Meda was a great interviewer.  FAVL-BF director Sanou Dounko did a fantastic job.

La situation est plus préoccupante au Centre hospitalier universitaire Yalgado Ouédraogo (CHU-YO), le plus grand centre hospitalier du pays. L’on se rappelle que lors de la visite du Premier ministre Paul Kaba Thiéba, le 6 juin dernier, le scanner était … Continue reading →

From a nice summary of a recent lecture in South Africa.  Saying that decolonizing education is critical thinking strikes me as a trite observation dressed up with a raised fist. Good tactic? Deep thought? Amazing metaphor? Silly? Dismissive of people … Continue reading →

Un gendarme, qui a participé à l’assaut de dimanche, se montre tout aussi critique envers les autorités du moment : « Nous n’avons pas du tout tiré les leçons de l’attaque du 15 janvier 2016. Il y a eu des … Continue reading →

Over the past months, our team in Burkina Faso, led by national director Sanou Dounko, have produced almost 20 new photo books. These books are in French, and appeal to young readers in the villages. You can get previews (and … Continue reading →

After an opening flash-forward, we follow 13-year-old Ady (Diarra) causing a small ruckus in his French banlieue, leaving his desperate dad with few options but to ship him out of town. Arriving in Burkina Faso to stay in the remote … Continue reading →

Plus je lis l’interview, plus je m’inquiete du vrai fondé de la recherche. M Beucher decouvre assez recemment le burkina : l’an 2000, c’est assez recent et la societe burkinabe avait radicalement subi de profondes modifications. Ce que j’incrimine, c’est … Continue reading →

Le Burkina Faso vient de signer son premier partenariat public-privé pour la réalisation d’une centrale solaire de 20 MW. Ce projet est piloté par l’entreprise canadienne Windiga Energie et sera exécuté au Burkina Faso par la Société Zina Solaire SA. … Continue reading →

The I think if they added a sound effect or gif of a tumbleweed it would be more effective.    

However, we are still troubled that, after a tenured black professor received death threats in response to speaking out against white supremacy on a personal social media page, the administration’s default response was to lend credence to a politically motivated … Continue reading →

The math here… 40,000 units housing, say, 5 people each, can house 200,000 people.  The population of Burkina Faso is 16 million, and growing at, say, 3% a year.  So every year there are about 500,000 more people in the … Continue reading →

Puerto Rico’s fiscal control board will hold its eighth public meeting Friday, June 30, in the Sheraton Puerto Rico Hotel in San Juan, a spokesman for the board confirmed to Caribbean Business. During the meeting, the panel is expected to … Continue reading →