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    <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:09:48 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - Radio host suspended for attending opposition meeting ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2011/06/02/le_jah_barred_from_station/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Sam K. Le Jah's suspension coincided with his attending a meeting organised by an opposition political party demanding the resignation of President Compaoré.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - Mob prevents state TV journalists from covering labour meeting]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2011/03/25/rtb_crew_harassed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A large crowd prevented Arsène Evariste Kabore and Issa Kafando from covering a meeting between Burkinabe labour unions and the government. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2011/03/25/rtb_crew_harassed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - Angry university students attack state TV crew ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2011/03/23/rtb_attack/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ahmadou Dicko and Urbain Somé were violently attacked by a group of angry students who accused the RTB of censoring their previous protests about the death of their colleague. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - Call to combat impunity on 12th anniversary of journalist's murder]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2010/12/15/zongo_twelfth_anniversary/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On the 12th anniversary of newspaper editor Norbert Zongo's murder, RSF urges authorities to relaunch the investigation into his death.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 10:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2010/12/15/zongo_twelfth_anniversary/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - Media regulatory body suspends television station]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2009/11/10/tvz_africa_suspended/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On 26 October 2009, the Supreme Council for Communication directed the management of TVZ Africa to suspend transmission for technical reasons. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2009/11/10/tvz_africa_suspended/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - Journalists from magazine "Reporter" and newspaper "l'Événement" receive anonymous death threats for criticising government officials]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2009/02/17/journalists_from_magazine_reporter/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(MFWA/IFEX) - Several journalists of the "Reporter&quot;, an independent monthly magazine, as well as journalist Newton Ahmed Barry of privately-owned weekly newspaper "l'Événement&quot; have received death threats via e-mail for allegedly criticising three top government officials.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - Police summon heads of Collective against Impunity two days after march on 10th anniversary of journalist's murder]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2008/12/16/police_summon_heads_of_collective/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - On 15 December 2008, Reporters Without Borders voiced its surprise after police in the capital Ouagadougou summoned the leaders of the Collective against Impunity in Burkina Faso, two days after it organised a march to mark the 10th anniversary of the murder of the editor of the "L'Indépendant&quot;.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - Protesters rename Ouagadougou avenue after slain journalist on 10th anniversary of murder]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2008/12/16/protesters_rename_ouagadougou_avenue/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - On 13 December 2008, Reporters Without Borders marked the 10th anniversary of journalist Norbert Zongo's murder by organising a protest in which stickers were used to rename one of the capital's avenues after Zongo. The editor of the weekly "L'Indépendant&quot;, Zongo and three companions were murdered in the southern town of Sapouy on 13 December 1998.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2008/12/16/protesters_rename_ouagadougou_avenue/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - BURKINA FASO: SIGN PETITION FOR ASSASSINATED JOURNALIST NORBERT ZONGO]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2008/12/03/burkina_faso_sign_petition_for/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ten years ago on 13 December 1998, Norbert Zongo, a journalist from Burkina Faso, was assassinated.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:34:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2008/12/03/burkina_faso_sign_petition_for/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - Killers of journalist Norbert Zongo still not brought to justice nine years after his death]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2007/12/07/killers_of_journalist_norbert_zongo/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(WAN/IFEX) - The following is a WAN letter to President Blaise Compaore:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 10:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - Fire destroys radio presenter's car]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2007/10/01/fire_destroys_radio_presenter_s/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(MFWA/IFEX) - Sam S K Le Jah, a presenter with Ouaga FM, a private radio station in Ouaga 2000, a suburb of Ouagadougou, escaped death on 28 September 2007, when his car parked outside the station caught fire and was completely destroyed.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:11:41 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - Angry youths threaten to kill journalist and set his house ablaze]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2007/06/08/angry_youths_threaten_to_kill_journalist/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(MFWA/IFEX) - Abdoul Salam Quarma, a correspondent for the Agence d'Information de Burkina (AIB), a newswire service in Titao in the province of Lorum, 230 km north of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, was threatened with death on 24 May 2007 by a group of irate youths over a news report they were not pleased with.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:00:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2007/06/08/angry_youths_threaten_to_kill_journalist/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - Journalist faces possible jail term in criminal defamation case]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2007/05/08/journalist_faces_possible_jail/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(MFWA/IFEX) - Thierry Nabyoure, a journalist with the privately-owned, Ouagadougou-based newspaper "San Finna&quot;, faces a possible prison sentence if found guilty of charges resulting from an article he published in early 2007.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 17:08:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2007/05/08/journalist_faces_possible_jail/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - Radio station temporarily pulls programme after host receives death threats; CPJ calls for full investigation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2007/04/30/radio_station_temporarily_pulls/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 26 April 2007 CPJ press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:13:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - Radio presenter receives death threats ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2007/04/26/radio_presenter_receives_death/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(MFWA/IFEX) - Sam K. Le Jah, a presenter at Ouga FM, a privately-owned radio station in Ouagadougou, received death threats on 18 April 2007 for allegedly criticising the administration of President Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:41:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2007/04/26/radio_presenter_receives_death/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - NORBERT ZONGO HONOURED AT FREE EXPRESSION FESTIVAL]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2007/04/24/norbert_zongo_honoured_at_free/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A procession to the tomb of assassinated editor Norbert Zongo wrapped up the second International Festival of Freedom of Expression (Festival international de la liberté d'expression et de la presse, FILEP) in Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:50:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2007/04/24/norbert_zongo_honoured_at_free/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - Journalist detained for 48 hours, forced to disclose source, for article allegedly defaming police official]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2007/04/02/journalist_detained_for_48_hours/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(MFWA/IFEX) - On 26 March 2007, Thierry Nabyoure, a journalist with the privately-owned, Ouagadougou-based newspaper "San Finna&quot;, was detained by police for allegedly defaming Colonel Mamadou Traoré, chief of staff of the National Gendarmerie.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:06:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2007/04/02/journalist_detained_for_48_hours/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - Newspaper publisher and editor convicted of libelling president's brother]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2007/01/24/newspaper_publisher_and_editor/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has voiced stupefaction at the two-month suspended prison sentences and fines of 300,000 CFA francs (450 euros) which a court in Ouagadougou on 22 January 2007 passed on Germain Bitiou Nama, the publisher of the privately-owned fortnightly L'"Evénement&quot;, and Newton Ahmed Barry, its editor, for linking the president's brother, François Compaoré, to the 1998 murder of journalist Norbert Zongo. The newspaper has appealed.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:56:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2007/01/24/newspaper_publisher_and_editor/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - President's brother launches libel lawsuit against bi-monthly after being implicated in Zongo murder]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2007/01/08/president_s_brother_launches_libel/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has voiced its support for the Ouagadougou-based bi-monthly "L'Evénement&quot;, which is accused of libelling the president's brother, François Compaoré, by linking him to the 1998 murder of journalist Norbert Zongo. The trial is due to start on 8 January 2007 in Ouagadougou.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2007/01/08/president_s_brother_launches_libel/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - Prosecutor refuses to reopen Zongo murder investigation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2006/10/25/prosecutor_refuses_to_reopen_zongo/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has said it was stunned by the Burkina Faso public prosecutor's refusal to reopen the investigation into the 1998 murder of journalist Norbert Zongo and three companions on the grounds that the document the organisation gave him on 20 October 2006 did not constitute new evidence as defined by article 189 of the code of criminal procedure.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2006/10/25/prosecutor_refuses_to_reopen_zongo/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - RSF presents new evidence in Zongo murder case]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2006/10/20/rsf_presents_new_evidence_in_zongo/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - RSF has asked the Burkina Faso state prosecutor to reopen the investigation into the 1998 murder of journalist Norbert Zongo and three other persons, after providing him with new evidence implicating the president's brother, François Compaoré, and businessman Oumarou Kanazoé.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2006/10/20/rsf_presents_new_evidence_in_zongo/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - TAKE ACTION! BURKINA FASO: JOURNALIST'S KILLER STILL AT LARGE]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2006/10/04/take_action_burkina_faso_journalist/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[2 October 2006]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:57:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2006/10/04/take_action_burkina_faso_journalist/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - Appeal court upholds judge's decision to drop all charges in Zongo case]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2006/08/18/appeal_court_upholds_judge_s_decision/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - On 16 August 2006, the Ouagadougou Court of Appeal upheld an investigating judge's decision to dismiss all charges against Marcel Kafondo and "X&quot; (meaning "other undetermined persons&quot;) in the 1998 murder of journalist Norbert Zongo. A judicial source told Agence France-Presse (AFP) that the appeal court refused to consider the Zongo family's appeal against the ruling, claiming that the "investigating judge did his job well."]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2006/08/18/appeal_court_upholds_judge_s_decision/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - Outrageous denial of justice in the 1998 murder of journalist Norbert Zongo]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2006/07/21/outrageous_denial_of_justice_in/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has pledged to continue campaigning for justice in the 1998 murder of leading independent journalist Norbert Zongo after learning that the judge in charge of the investigation, Wenceslas Ilboudo, has dismissed the case against the only person ever charged.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2006 11:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2006/07/21/outrageous_denial_of_justice_in/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - ARTICLE 19 urges president to improve access to information]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2005/12/20/article_19_urges_president_to_improve/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - The following is a 12 December 2005 ARTICLE 19 letter to Burkina Faso Prime Minister Blaise Compaore:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 12:42:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2005/12/20/article_19_urges_president_to_improve/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - Six years after journalist Norbert Zongo's murder, investigation remains stalled and impunity prevails]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2004/12/13/six_years_after_journalist_norbert/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Six years have passed since newspaper editor Norbert Zongo and three of his companions were found dead in their car on a southern Burkina Faso road, on 13 December 1998. The investigation remains stalled and one of the leading suspects in the case, François Compaoré, President Blaise Compaoré's brother, has never been detained or charged.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2004 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2004/12/13/six_years_after_journalist_norbert/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - RSF urges police to announce the charges against managing editor of weekly "San Finna" ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2004/11/10/rsf_urges_police_to_announce_the/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - RSF has called on the Burkina Faso police to announce the charges against Mathieu N'Do, managing editor of the weekly "San Finna&quot; and one of the leaders of the opposition party National Union for Democracy and Development (Union nationale pour la démocratie et le développement, UNDD). N'Do has been held incommunicado at a special police centre since his arrest on 5 November 2004 at Ouagadougou airport.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2004 17:20:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2004/11/10/rsf_urges_police_to_announce_the/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - CPJ troubled by editor's detention]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2004/11/09/cpj_troubled_by_editor_s_detention/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is an 8 November 2004 CPJ press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2004 05:12:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2004/11/09/cpj_troubled_by_editor_s_detention/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - Devastating new testimony against Presidential Guard in Norbert Zongo murder case]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2003/12/15/devastating_new_testimony_against/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Until recently, the investigation into the 13 December 1998 murder of journalist Norbert Zongo was at a standstill. Now, however, new testimony could see Examining Judge Wenceslas Ilboudo reopen his investigation. Although six suspects were named by the independent commission of inquiry set up the day after the death of the editor, only Warrant Officer Marcel Kafando has been charged to date.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2003 17:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2003/12/15/devastating_new_testimony_against/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - Four years of impunity for the killers of journalist Norbert Zongo]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2002/12/13/four_years_of_impunity_for_the/</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2002/12/13/four_years_of_impunity_for_the/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - AFP and RSF correspondent arrested]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2002/08/08/afp_and_rsf_correspondent_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2002 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2002/08/08/afp_and_rsf_correspondent_arrested/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - Three years of impunity for journalist Norbert Zongo's killers; RSF holds the authorities responsible for the fate of Marcel Kafando, the only person jailed in connection with the case]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2001/12/12/three_years_of_impunity_for_journalist/</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2001 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2001/12/12/three_years_of_impunity_for_journalist/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[France - President Blaise Compaoré's visit to France: RSF activists beaten up in front of Socialist Party headquarters; fourteen members of the organisation arrested]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/france/2001/10/16/president_blaise_compaor_s_visit/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2001 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/france/2001/10/16/president_blaise_compaor_s_visit/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[France - French courts refuse to hear complaint against Burkina Faso president]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/france/2001/10/12/french_courts_refuse_to_hear_complaint/</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2001 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/france/2001/10/12/french_courts_refuse_to_hear_complaint/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[France - RSF files complaint against Blaise Compaoré with French authorities]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/france/2001/10/11/rsf_files_complaint_against_blaise/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2001 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/france/2001/10/11/rsf_files_complaint_against_blaise/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - IFJ protests journalists' imprisonment]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2001/05/01/ifj_protests_journalists_imprisonmen/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2001 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2001/05/01/ifj_protests_journalists_imprisonmen/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - Special briefing on Zongo affair on CPJ website]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2001/04/05/special_briefing_on_zongo_affair/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 4 April 2001 CPJ press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2001 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2001/04/05/special_briefing_on_zongo_affair/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - CPJ demands full investigation into editor's murder]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2001/03/30/cpj_demands_full_investigation/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(CPJ/IFEX) - In a 29 March 2001 letter to President Blaise Compaoré, CPJ expressed deep concern that justice is not being served in the murder case of Norbert Zongo, late editor of the weekly "L'Indépendant" in the capital, Ouagadougou.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2001 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - 35 AFRICAN PAPERS JOIN FIRST PRESS & DEMOCRACY ACTION]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2001/03/13/35_african_papers_join_first_press/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In the first campaign of the Press and Democracy network, thirty-five African newspapers are appealing for an end to impunity in the murder of Burkinabe journalist Norbert Zongo, according to Reporters sans frontières (RSF). Press and Democracy, Africa's first electronic network for the defence of press freedom, includes newspapers and organisations from nineteen francophone African countries. Its initial campaign involves the simultaneous publication of a full-page insert about the trial of Zongo's assassins. Participating newspapers include "Le Jour" in Côte d'Ivoire, "Les Echos du Jour" in Benin, "Le Pays" in Burkina Faso, "Le Messager" in Cameroon, "L'Observateur" in Mali, "Alternative" in Niger, "Le Populaire" in Senegal, "La Référence Plus" in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and "Crocodile" in Togo. The insert was also published in the 25-26 February issue of the French daily "Le Monde". The Press and Democracy network was launched with support from RSF and the Francophonie's Intergovernmental Agency.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2001 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - Thirty-five African newspapers affiliated with the "Press and Democracy" network appeal for an end to impunity in Burkina Faso]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2001/03/09/thirty_five_african_newspapers/</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2001 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2001/03/09/thirty_five_african_newspapers/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - Police occupy and close Norbert Zongo National Press Centre]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2000/12/19/police_occupy_and_close_norbert/</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2000 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2000/12/19/police_occupy_and_close_norbert/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burkina Faso - Demonstration in memory of journalist Norbert Zongo banned]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burkina_faso/2000/12/18/demonstration_in_memory_of_journalist/</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2000 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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