10.2008 - Source:Hanns Seidel Stiftung

"Westafrika Monatsbericht Oktober 2008"

Monthly report on recent developments (October 2008) [ID 109319]

19.09.2008 - Source:US Department of State 

"International Religious Freedom Report 2008"

International Religious Freedom Report 2008 [ID 106231]

09.2008 - Source:Hanns Seidel Stiftung

"Burkina Faso Monatsbericht September 2008"

Monthly report on recent developments (September 2008) [ID 107678]

08.2008 - Source:Hanns Seidel Stiftung

"Burkina Faso Monatsbericht August 2008"

Monthly report on recent developments (August 2008) [ID 107676]

02.07.2008 - Source:Freedom House 

"Freedom in the World 2008"

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

07.2008 - Source:World Health Organization 

"Epidemiological Fact Sheet on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections"

Epidemiological fact sheet on HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (data on HIV/AIDS and STIs prevalence, health service and care indicators, prevention indicators) [ID 102443]

07.2008 - Source:Hanns Seidel Stiftung

"Burkina Faso Monatsbericht Juli 2008"

Monthly report on recent developments (July 2008) [ID 104590]

20.06.2008 - Source:UK Home Office 

"Country of Origin Information Report; Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)"

Report on female genital mutilation (FGM) (practice, legal framework, protection) in 53 African countries [ID 101174]

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]

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]

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]

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]

27.05.2008 - Source:International Committee of the Red Cross 

"Annual Report 2007"

Annual Report 2007 [ID 98105]

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]

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]

05.2008 - Source:Child Rights Information Network 

"L’impact psychosocial du conflit ivoirien sur les enfants migrants de retour au Burkina Faso" , Author: Plan International - West Africa

Report on psychosocial impact of Ivorian conflict on refugee children from Burkina Faso returning to Burkina Faso [ID 106188]

05.2008 - Source:Hanns Seidel Stiftung

"Burkina Faso Monatsbericht Mai 2008"

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

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]

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]

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]

04.2008 - Source:Hanns Seidel Stiftung

"Burkina Faso Monatsbericht April 2008"

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

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]

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]