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The school system has major shortcomings and
the proportion of illiterates is among the highest in
the world. Among men, the proportion of literacy or
literacy is significantly higher than among women.
Especially vulnerable are the women in the countryside.
The compulsory school is divided into three stages of
two years each. After that, there are two stages of four
and three years respectively. Formally, the school is
compulsory and free of charge for children between the
ages of 6 and 16, but in practice the proportion of
children who start school is among the lowest in the
region. In 2016/2017 77 percent of boys and 75 percent
of girls started school, while only 29 percent of
students went on to high school and high school. Still,
it was a big lift from the early 00s. Many new schools
have been built and more teachers have been recruited,
especially in rural areas. Still, the teacher shortage
is screaming and the classes are very large.
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In recent years, increased violence from jihadist
groups from jihadist groups has led to the closure of
about 1,100 schools on several occasions. Particularly
vulnerable are the northern and eastern parts of the
country. At the beginning of 2019, 54,000 students were
estimated to be affected.
There are three state colleges for post-secondary
studies: a university in Ouagadougou, a technical
vocational school in Bobo-Dioulasso and a teacher's
college in Koudougou. In addition, there are about 10
private colleges.
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FACTS - EDUCATION
Proportion of children starting primary
school
76.4 percent (2017)
Number of pupils per teacher in primary
school
41 (2017)
Reading and writing skills
37.7 percent (2015) 1
Public expenditure on education as a
percentage of GDP
18.0 percent (2015)
Public expenditure on education as a
percentage of the state budget
18.0 percent (2015)
- women 28.3 percent, men 47.6sources
2018
December
Kaboré announces state of emergency in violent
provinces
December 31st
President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré announces state
of emergency in several violent provinces in the
northern, western and eastern parts of the country. It
will come into force on 1 January. The security forces
are given, among other things, greater powers to search
through people's homes, and to restrict the residents'
freedom of movement. The week before, ten military
police had been killed in an ambush in the village of
Loron in Sourou province, near the Mali border, when
they tried to extinguish a fire in a school. Groups like
Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) and Ansarul
Islam are suspected of a series of acts that have
claimed a total of 255 lives since 2015.
French court approves extradition of François
Compaoré
December 5
A French Court of Appeal decides that François
Compaoré, brother of the former president and suspect of
involvement in the murder of journalist Norbert Zongo in
1998, should be extradited to his home country. François
Compaoré left Burkina Faso in 2014 when his brother was
forced to leave power. in May 2017, the Burkese
authorities issued an international arrest warrant for
him, and he was arrested later that year in France. If
François Compaoré is not extradited, according to
Reporters Without Borders , it is likely that there will
be no trial for the murder of Zongo. Three soldiers
suspected of carrying out the murder are in custody in
Burkina Faso, awaiting trial. François Compaoré appealed
the decision.
November
Jihadist violence is forcing schools to close
November 19
The growing violence of jihadists has resulted in at
least 300 schools being closed over the past three
years. Teachers have been murdered, but also exposed to
threats and harassment. Many children have also stopped
going to school for fear of being subjected to violence.
Two soldiers are killed in road bomb attacks
November 6
Two soldiers are killed and three injured, two of
them seriously injured when their vehicles drive on a
homemade explosive charge on a road near Nassoumbou, not
far from the Malian border.
October
Suspected jihadists are exempt from police station
in the north
21 October
A police station in the city of Djibo in the north of
the country is attacked by motorcycle attackers. No
casualties are required when the policemen manage to
escape, but several suspected terrorists are released
from the detention. The increased jihadist violence in
the north has forced about 220 schools to close, and up
to 40,000 people have moved to Djibo from the
surrounding countryside. Djibo has West Africa's largest
livestock market.
About 10 jihadists are killed in French air trees
October 5
About 10 jihadist rebels are killed in a French air
raid in the northern part of the country, according to
information from the Burkese defense force. France
intervenes to report that a Burkese military police was
killed by a group of heavily armed men.
Several dead in attacks in the north
October 4th
At least six soldiers have been killed and several
have been injured since their vehicle hit a homemade
bomb, between Gayeri and Foutouri in the country's east.
Some day later, six policemen were killed in an ambush
near Solle in the north, not far from the border with
Mali.
September
Thousands in protest against violence and corruption
September 29th
Thousands of people gather in Ouagadougou to protest
against corruption and the escalating violence in the
country's northern parts. This is the biggest
manifestation the opposition has gathered since Kaboré
won the presidential election in late 2015. During
September, there have been almost daily bomb attacks in
the northern part of the country. No group has assumed
responsibility for them.
Eight soldiers die in a mine explosion
September 26th
Eight soldiers are killed when their vehicles run on
a mine in the northern part of the country. They were
part of a column that was on its way from Baraboule in
Soum province to the city of Djibo.
Nine dead in two terrorist attacks
September 15th
At least nine people, all civilians, are killed in
two terrorist attacks in two villages, Diabiga and
Kompienbiga, in eastern Burkina Faso. According to an
unnamed source quoted by the AFP news agency, at least
one of the killings has been directed at a Muslim leader
and his family.
August
Seven dead in road bomb attacks
August 29th
At least seven people are killed and six injured when
their vehicles drive on a homemade road bomb. These are
soldiers and military police who were on their way to
the city of Pama in the east to strengthen security
there after the police station caught fire.
Burkina Faso will vote on new constitution in 2019
August 28th
The Election Commission announces that a referendum
on a new constitution will be held in March 2019. Before
the vote, voting lengths must also be updated. If the
new constitution is adopted, the president will only be
eligible for re-election. The proposal also includes
mechanisms that allow the Constitutional Court to
dismiss a president.
The terror is increasing in the east
August 15th
Five military police officers and one civilian are
killed when their column is attacked tens of miles from
Fada N'Gourma, the capital of the eastern part of the
country. After their vehicle hit a mine, it was fired.
According to reports, violence has recently increased in
the eastern part of the country. This could, according
to experts, be due to jihadist groups being forced back
into neighboring countries such as Niger and Mali. Abou
Walid al-Saharaoui, a warlord belonging to the Islamic
State of Greater Sahara (ISGS).
June
The death penalty is abolished
June 11
The National Assembly votes to abolish the death
penalty, in conjunction with the adoption of new
criminal law.
May
Burkina Faso breaks with Taiwan
24th of May
Burkina Faso breaks diplomatic relations with Taiwan,
Foreign Minister Alpha Barry said. A few days later, it
becomes clear that the country is making new contacts
with China instead.
Three suspected jihadists are killed in Ouagadougou
May 22
Three suspected jihadists are killed when a firefight
breaks out between them and security forces carrying a
scare against a house in Rayongo on the outskirts of
Ouagadougou. A fourth suspected person is captured in
connection with the operation. A policeman is also
killed in connection with the raid. According to
Prosecutor Maiza Sereme, the people had planned new
attacks in the Burkese capital in June. They must also
have been associated with the Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam
wal-Muslimin (JNIM) organization that attacked the army
headquarters and the French embassy earlier this spring
(see March 2018). The police must also
have seized weapons, explosives and military uniforms in
connection with the assault.
Drought leads to a lack of food
May 7
Nearly one-third of the population is at risk of food
shortages, according to Agriculture Minister Niouga
Ambroise Ouedraogo. As a reason, he states that the
grain harvest will be less than expected in 22 of the
country's 45 provinces. In the past, the UN Children's
Fund has warned that just over 187,000 children over
five years will suffer from severe malnutrition, due to
drought and floods and difficulties for their families
to find alternative ways of living. Particularly hard
hit is the population of the northern part of the
country, where the prices of basic food have risen
extraordinarily.
April
133 dead in terrorist acts since 2015
April 29
According to official figures, 133 people have been
killed in jihadist terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso
since 2015. Many of the victims have been government
employees.
One hundred arrests in the north and east
April 28
Burkese authorities have arrested about 100 people
and seized explosives in the northern and eastern parts
of the country, near the border with Mali, where
jihadist groups are active.
March
Islamist attacks force 5,000 to flee
March 28
Islamist attacks across the border from Mali into the
northern Burmese province of Soum have forced nearly
5,000 people to flee since the beginning of the year,
according to the International Red Cross. A total of
over 18,000 people have fled the area since September
2017. According to official figures, militant Islamists
have carried out some 80 attacks in the province since
2015, and more than 130 people have been killed.
Free Trade Agreement in Africa
21 March
Burkina Faso is one of 44 countries to sign a Free
Trade Agreement at the African Union Summit in Rwanda.
The agreement must be ratified at the national level
before the AFCFTA free trade area can become a reality,
but it is seen as a historically important step towards
increased trade exchange within Africa.
Trial against suspected coup makers is resumed
21 March
The trial of 84 persons suspected of involvement in
the coup attempt against the transitional government in
autumn 2015 will be resumed. It was interrupted a few
weeks earlier when defense attorneys marched in protest
against what they saw as the military court's lack of
legitimacy. They prosecuted, of which a former Foreign
Minister (Djibrill Bassole) belonged to an elite union
in the Presidential Guard, which in 2015 was loyal to
former President Blaise Compaoré. The court consists of
two professional judges and three military.
16 killed in two terrorist attacks in Ouagadougou
March 2
Two attacks are being carried out in the capital
Ouagadougou, against the headquarters of the army and
against the French embassy. Eight security personnel are
killed, as are eight assailants. Burmese Security
Minister Clement Sawadogo says a regional security
meeting is likely to be a target for one of the deaths,
but that the meeting had been moved to another venue. An
Islamist group, Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM),
based in Mali, and linked to al-Qaeda , later takes on
the death. A person is arrested a few days later,
suspected of having planned the death. Since several of
the assailants wore army uniforms, there are suspicions
that they have been assisted by people in the Burkinian
army.
February
Burkina Faso's premier film director dies
February 18
Burkina Faso's premier film director Idrissa
Ouedraogo dies at age 64. His about 40 films are often
about tensions between the countryside and the cities.
In 1990 he won the film festival in Cannes with the film
Tilai.
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