Naba Koom Statue

The Picture I Didn't Get

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February 26th 2007
We went out tonight with some people we met today, a Burkinabe economist who's moving to Silver Spring next month, some Cameroonian journalists, two in from London, one from Doualla. First we went to a dark square in front of the railway station, which, as it turns out, is a restaurant in the evening. (You'd have to be a local to know. There was no signage, nor lights visible anywhere.) We w ... read more

Africa » Burkina Faso » Centre » Ouagadougou

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Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) achieved independence from France in 1960. Repeated military coups during the 1970s and 1980s were followed by multiparty elections in the early 1990s. Burkina Faso's high population density and limited natural res... ... read more