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    probably have never heard of the African country, Burkina Faso. If you haven’t heard of it, maybe you’ve seen its flag. their has a red top and a green bottom with a small yellow star in the middle. It is a small landlocked country in the western region of Africa, south of the Sahara. Education is very scarce in Burkina Faso. French schools are used because it is the only way to get even a basic education. After getting their basic education in Burkina Faso anyone who wants a higher education must go

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    been too costly to do so before. One such place is Burkina Faso. A small country situated in western Africa just north of Ghana. In the case of Burkina Faso, the country is benefited by globalization. The improvements to medical care, agricultural advances, and political leadership outweigh the negative effects of the economic expansion, such as income inequality. On the whole, globalization has been good for Burkina Faso. History Burkina Faso was a French territory up until it gained its independence

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    Benin,Burkina Faso and Côte d’ivoire Immunization services. In Benin, Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire immunization services are provided through the expanded Program on Immunization (EPI). The main EPI targeted diseases are Diphtheria, Hepatitis, Measles, Pertussis Tetanus, Polio, Tuberculosis, and Yellow fever.The main delivery strategies are three folds; fixed, mobile and outreach services. The mobile strategy has been stopped due financial difficulties in Benin and Burkina Faso (Burkina Faso EPI

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    Burkina Faso’s energy resources are limited to four (4) hydropower installations. All the hydrocarbons need to fuel the country are imported from the neighbouring countries having access to the sea, because Burkina Faso does not have any domestic oil resource (Ouédraogo, 2010). Burkina Faso is among the poorest countries in the world and the GDP is evaluated to $12.88 billion in 2013 (World Bank, 2013). Only 18% of the population has access to electricity including 40% in urban area and 3% in rural

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    Physical geography Benin is one of the smallest country in Africa. It is a key-shaped country. It lies in West Africa and is between the Equator and the Tropic of Cancer. It is surrounded by the countries Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, and Togo (see Figure 1). The coordinates of the country is 9°20’N 2°15’E. Benin is about the size of Tennessee. Benin is located near the equator which makes the temperature to be higher than average. The area of Benin is 44,310 mi2. Benin is 98.2% land and 1.8% water

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    nations to interact with the purpose of selling and trading goods. Thus, it provides the answer to poverty, sickness, war, and the economy of any given country If this is indeed the case than it is the only answer for countries such as Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso is a country that is often in a state of political upheaval and because of this cannot take full advantage of a formal education system. The Burkinabe’s are

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    commanded Burkina Faso for 20 years. Of all the countries in Africa, Burkina has the highest amount of coups, with a staggering six or seven total. Class inequality and poverty go hand in hand, with about 50% of the population under the poverty line. In the case of Burkina Faso, almost fifty years of constant changing of power, heavy militarization, social inequality, and crippling poverty are the ones swinging the axe, and with each chop, the country is about to fall down. Burkina Faso had been

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    Burkina Faso, located in West Africa, is a country that is known to be one of the less developed countries in Africa. Living in the modernized world today, we see a lot of improvements made all around the world to level the statuses of individuals in the society. However, Burkina Faso seems to be unsuccessful in doing so in comparison to its neighboring countries. Today, Burkina Faso is still facing a lot of common problems such as poverty, smuggling and an increasing number of HIV/AIDS cases. Yet

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    Essay On Thomas Sankara

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    Leadership in Africa* Thomas Sankara was Burkina Faso’s president from August 1983 until his assassination on October 15, 1987. Perhaps, more than any other African president in living memory, Thomas Sankara, in four years, transformed Burkina Faso from a poor country, dependent on aid, to an economically independent and socially progressive nation. Thomas Sankara began by purging the deeply entrenched bureaucratic and institutional corruption in Burkina Faso. He slashed the salaries of ministers

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    Allowed my Dream Born on April 11th, 1995, in the cultural capital of Burkina Faso, Bobo Dioulasso, I am the middle child of a brotherhood of six siblings. In my earlier age, my father, a man imbued with the cultural protectionism wanted me to attend a traditional school, which teach the African rules of conduits, beliefs, and respect of forebears. His decision was a stronghold of coordinated defense against the ripples of change emanating from the modern school. The generation conflict was to be

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