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Angélique Kidjo honoured with Amnesty International top human rights award
A triumph for young people | D+C - Development + Cooperation
Burkina Faso and the Harnessing of a Revolution
Musician Angélique Kidjo and African youth activists honoured with Amnesty International award
Smockey: “We would like to trust the justice of our country”
BURKINA FASO: ‘Pro-democracy civil society is practically paralysed by the intensity and ferocity of the repression’
'Africa's Che Guevara': Thomas Sankara's legacy
Au Burkina Faso, nouvel enlèvement d’une personnalité de la société civile
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.
Music in Exile: Smockey playlist
Serge Bambara, aka Smockey, is a hip-hop artist, producer and activist within Le Balai Citoyen, or the Citizen's Broom, a grassroots...
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.
Burkina Faso and the Harnessing of a Revolution
The world witnessed the 27-year reign of Burkina Faso's strongman president, Blaise Compaoré, unravel in less than 72 hours.
Musician Angélique Kidjo and African youth activists honoured with Amnesty International award
World-renowned musician Angélique Kidjo and three inspirational African youth activist movements have been declared this year's joint...
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...
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...
'Africa's Che Guevara': Thomas Sankara's legacy
The late president of Burkina Faso, Thomas Sankara - an icon for many young Africans in the 1980s - remains to some a heroic "African Che Guevara".
Au Burkina Faso, nouvel enlèvement d’une personnalité de la société civile
L'activiste Bassirou Badjo a été enlevé mercredi à Ouagadougou par des « individus se présentant comme des agents de l'État », a annoncé...
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