Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou correspondent: no Arab spring in Burkina Faso either
Whilst Burkina Faso offered Muammar Gaddafi asylum on 25 August, they recognised the national transitional council in early September. August also saw the jailing of three policemen for their part in the death of student Justin Zongo in custody in February. Yet why did the country's mutinies not lead to the same dramatic changes as we are now seeing in Libya?
burkina faso, revolution, libya, politics, third world, arab spring, western africa
Working abroad - necessity or Easyjet pleasure?
The concept of working abroad has changed hugely - two generations explain why they left their countries. Third in our 'Crossed Portraits' series, marking 50 years of Europe
burkina faso, italy, economy, immigration, luxembourg, united kingdom, labour
