Smockey: “We would like to trust the justice of our country”
Burkinabe rapper and activist with Le Balai Citoyen, Smockey, became the inaugural Music in Exile Fellow at the Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression...
Burkinabe Activist Abducted Amid Ongoing Kidnappings
OUAGADOUGOU — An activist in Burkina Faso was kidnapped from his office in the capital, a civil society group said, the latest dissident to...
Angélique Kidjo honoured with Amnesty International top human rights award
The Grammy-winning musician shares the prize with three African youth activist movements, who show 'exceptional courage' standing up to...
A triumph for young people | D+C - Development + Cooperation
In 2014, a popular uprising in Burkina Faso ended the rule of President Blaise Compaoré. He had been in power for 27 years.
How Burkina Faso took to the streets to remove a dictator, then stayed there
Years after Burkinabé citizens overthrew a repressive regime, street protests continue apace over a wide range of issues. Protesting on the...
Citizens With A Broom
A group called the Balai Citoyen (citizens with a broom) has been working to clean up the country and sweep up its political class.
BURKINA FASO: ‘Pro-democracy civil society is practically paralysed by the intensity and ferocity of the repression’
CIVICUS speaks with Ousmane Miphal Lankoandé, Executive Secretary and Coordinator of the governance and citizen mobilisation programme at...
The Upright Citizens of Burkina Faso
Burkinabe want to sweep out bad governance, political patronage, poverty, lack of respect for human rights and freedom of speech.
Two Burkina Faso Activists Unlawfully Conscripted are Released
Burkina Faso authorities on October 6 released Rasmané Zinaba and Bassirou Badjo, two members of the civil society group Balai Citoyen,...
Burkina Faso: Authorities must immediately release Guy Hervé Kam and Lt-Colonel Zoungrana
Responding to the arrests of lawyer Guy Hervé Kam on 29 May 2024, a few hours after his release, and of Lieutenant-Colonel Emmanuel Zoungrana earlier on the...
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