02.07.2008 - Source:Freedom House 

"Freedom in the World 2008"

Annual survey of political rights and civil liberties 2007 [ID 99558]

05.2008 - Source:Hanns Seidel Stiftung

"Burkina Faso Monatsbericht Mai 2008"

Monthly report on recent developments (May 2008) [ID 98844]

11.06.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Violence between nomads and farmers kills fifteen"

Poni and Bougouriba provinces: Clashes between nomads and farmers in Southwestern Burkina Faso kill 15 [ID 98242]

04.06.2008 - Source:US Department of State 

"Trafficking in Persons Report 2008"

Trafficking in Persons Report 2008 [ID 98239]

11.06.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"New child trafficking law hard to enforce"

Government passed new law that increases jail terms for traffickers from maximum of 5 to 10 years; according to ministry of social welfare, child trafficking is rising [ID 98177]

27.05.2008 - Source:International Committee of the Red Cross 

"Annual Report 2007"

Annual Report 2007 [ID 98105]

01.06.2008 - Source:ReliefWeb

"Tuaregs flee to Burkina Faso to escape Mali fighting" , Author: Reuters Foundation

Close to 1,000 Tuareg civilians have fled Mali into Burkina Faso to escape intensified fighting between Malian army and Tuareg rebels [ID 97769]

01.2008 - Source:UN General Assembly

"Suivi de la declaration d’engagement sur le VIH/SIDA"

Country report to the UN General Assembly on the progress in responding to HIV/AIDS [ID 97746]

29.05.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Hundreds of Touareg refugees flee escalating violence"

Several hundred Malians fleeing fighting between the army and Touareg rebels in northern Mali have crossed the border into Burkina Faso since April, according to the Burkina Faso national commission for refugees (CONAREF) [ID 97698]

04.2008 - Source:Hanns Seidel Stiftung

"Burkina Faso Monatsbericht April 2008"

Monthly report on recent developments (April 2008) [ID 97132]

05.2008 - Source:Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers 

"Child Soldiers Global Report 2008"

Report on recruitment and use of child soldiers (events between April 2004 and October 2007) [ID 97008]

04.2008 - Source:UN High Commissioner for Refugees

"NGOs and UN Agencies Assisting Persons with Disabilities; A non-exhaustive reference list of organizations working with and for persons with disabilities world-wide"

Non-exhaustive reference list of organisations working with and for persons with disabilities world-wide [ID 96835]

08.05.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Fresh approach to street children"

Increased number of children is living in streets of country's urban areas; government and several non-governmental organisations try to address problem with new programmes [ID 96449]

30.04.2008 - Source:US Department of State 

"Country Report on Terrorism 2007"

Country Reports on Terrorism (including detailed list of terrorist organisations) [ID 96330]

03.2008 - Source:Hanns Seidel Stiftung

"Burkina Faso Monatsbericht März 2008"

Monthly report on recent developments (March 2008) [ID 95898]

08.04.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"General strike over cost of living"

Workers from the public and private sectors throughout the country launched a two-day strike to protest high living costs and demand salary increases [ID 94985]

02.2008 - Source:Hanns Seidel Stiftung

"Burkina Faso Monatsbericht Februar 2008"

Monthly report on recent developments (February 2008) [ID 94373]

17.03.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Cost of living coalition threatens more action"

Coalition of civil society organisations threatens nationwide strike if government does not find way to lower prices [ID 93696]

11.03.2008 - Source:US Department of State 

"Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007"

Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007 [ID 93189]

11.02.2008 - Source:UN Human Rights Council (formerly UN Commission on Human Rights)

"Report of the independent expert on the effects of economic reform policies and foreign debt on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights, Bernards Mudho; Addendum; Mission to Burkina Faso [A/HRC/7/9/Add.1]"

Report on the effects of economic reform policies and foreign debt on human rights (economic, social and cultural rights, background on the education and health sectors, debt and debt relief, economic reforms and the poverty reduction strategy paper, conclusions and recommendations) [ID 92883]

04.03.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Human rights concerns in wake of mass arrests"

Some 184 people have been imprisoned over the last fortnight, among them Thibault Nana, the leader of a small opposition party who is accused of masterminding a demonstration in the capital [ID 92833]

28.02.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Protests on price rises spread to the capital"

Ouagadougou: Violence spread to the capital as demonstrators took to the streets to denounce the high price of food and fuel [ID 92691]

01.2008 - Source:Hanns Seidel Stiftung

"Burkina Faso Monatsbericht Januar 2008"

Monthly report on recent developments (January 2008) [ID 92649]

22.02.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Food riots shut down main towns"

Riots over the cost of living hit three major towns this week, a situation which has raised fears among some observers about the peaceful but impoverished country's stability [ID 92306]

2001 - Source:Committee to Protect Journalists 

"Attacks on the Press in 2000"

Annual report on press freedom in 2000 [ID 92197]