The assassination of Ibrahim Traoré was planned by the plotters for the evening of 13 January when the 34th Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) match was about to kick off, sources tell Africa Initiative. The conspirators were planning to carry out the bombing at the captain’s residence in the centre of Ouagadougou, the country’s capital....
Had a friend working in Burkina Faso for the Peace Corps. She built a very small library. It got torn down and the whole group was in trouble. This was years ago now.
A friend of mine also did Peace Corps work there. She had to pretend she was married to someone in an adjacent village to deter getting kidnapped and forced into marriage.
A more lighthearted (but scary at the time) moment was when a bat peed into her eye while she was using the outhouse. No diseases, thankfully. She’s been back in the US now for a number of years and loved the work she did while she was over there.
Had a friend working in Burkina Faso for the Peace Corps. She built a very small library. It got torn down and the whole group was in trouble. This was years ago now.
A friend of mine also did Peace Corps work there. She had to pretend she was married to someone in an adjacent village to deter getting kidnapped and forced into marriage.
A more lighthearted (but scary at the time) moment was when a bat peed into her eye while she was using the outhouse. No diseases, thankfully. She’s been back in the US now for a number of years and loved the work she did while she was over there.
Despite everything that happened there my friend loved it too. She went on to travel the world doing similar works.