Month: November 2014
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Remembrance/Armistice/Veterans Day shout out for WWI in Africa Project
Depending on what part of the world you live in, today is Remembrance/Armistice/Veterans Day. As a kid, I remember my mother telling us stories of my Trinidadian great uncle who fought for the Commonwealth during either World War I or World War II. (We’re still trying to figure out which one it was…) As a result,… Read.
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Burkina Faso: Coup or No Coup? What Security Assistance Might be at Stake
Was there or was there not a coup in Burkina Faso? The answer to that question is “Yes.” As of Monday, the United States was yet to determine whether the weekend’s events actually constituted a coup, which led to an interesting Egypt-circa-July 2013 exchange during the State Department’s Daily Press Briefing: By calling for a civilian-led transitional government, the U.S. government appears to be… Read.
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Median Ages in Africa + Leader Tenure in Power
There’s nothing like a political crisis to get me blogging again. Following last week’s mass protests in Burkina Faso that resulted in the resignation and exile of Blaise Compaoré, who had ruled the country since 1987, I thought it would be cool to juxtapose the median ages African countries with the tenure in power of Compaoré and… Read.
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Compaoré is gone, but Burkina Faso is gripped by uncertainty
(Originally published in Al Jazeera America on November 1, 2014) On Oct. 30, protesters calling for the ouster of Burkina Faso’s longtime leader, President Blaise Compaoré, torched government buildings, stormed radio stations and burned the homes of government officials in the capital Ouagadougo and the country’s second largest city, Bobo-Dioulasso. The protests followed months of… Read.
Lesley Anne Warner, PhD: Insight | Strategy | Impact 
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