Stories about Burkina Faso from June, 2008
Burkina Faso: Highway banditry
Burkinabe blogger QuophyBlogeur writes about employees of the Ghanaian company, STC and their harrowing encounter with an illegal roadblock [Fr] set up by bandits with AK-47s.
Pakistan: On Polio
CHUP! on the issue of polio in Pakistan.
Burkina Faso: Street pharmacies
QuophyBlogeur [Fr] writes about the proliferation of street vendors in Burkina Faso who sell unregulated, sometimes fake or poisonous medicines.
Burkina Faso: Winyé Mask Festival
BurkinaMon writes about the Winyé Mask Festival in Burkina Faso: The Seventh Annual Winyé Mask Festival was held on Friday and Saturday in Boromo- a small town just about two hours’ drive from Ouaga. I was there as usual, friends and family in tow.”
