Where Is Burkina Faso
Key Officers - Burkina Faso
Key Officers - Burkina Faso OUAGADOUGOU (E) Address: 602 Avenue Raoul Follereau, 01 B.P. 35; Phone: (226) 5030-6723; 5031-2660 (after hours); Fax: (226) 5030-3890; Workweek: M-Th 07:30-17:00, F 07:30 - 12:30; Website: http://ouagadougou.usembassy.gov/ OfficerNameAMB J. Anthony HolmesAMB OMS Irvina WallaceDCM [Read More]
Burkina Faso 2000 Post Report
Health and Medicine FacilitiesA Physicians Assistant based in Niameycomes once a month to Ouagadougou. A locally hired third-country-national nurse runs theEmbassy health unit, with a part-time third-country physician, a laboratory technician anda secretary/ receptionist. Ouagadougou is served and visited quarterly by a StateDepartment Regional Medical Officer (RMO), posted in Bamako, Mali. The U.S. Peace CorpsMedical Office is collocated with the Embassy’s Health Unit. The Health Unit providespreventive, routine, and emergency medical care. This includes treatment of minor ailmentsand injuries, laboratory work, immunizations, and dispensary services. It has 2examination rooms, a recovery room, a laboratory and a pharmacy. The Health Unit is open,Monday through Friday, for routine medical services, with an "o ... [Read More]
Burkina Faso
The Constitution provides for the right to expeditious arraignment and access to legal counsel after a detainee has been charged before a judge; however, authorities did not ensure due process. The law limits detention for investigative purposes without charge to a maximum of 72 hours, renewable for a single 48-hour period; however, police rarely observed these provisions in practice. The average time of detention without charge was 1 week, and the law allows judges to impose an unlimited number of 6-month preventive detention periods. It was not unusual for defendants without access to legal counsel to be detained for weeks or months before appearing before a magistrate. In some cases, prisoners were held without charge or trial for a longer period than the maximum sentence that they would have received if convicted of the alleged offense. There was a pretrial release system; however, it was unknown how often it was used. In early October, security forces arrested ... [Read More]
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V. Country Narratives -- Countries A through G
Cyprus is a destination country for women trafficked from Eastern and Central Europe for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Traffickers who forced women into prostitution continued to fraudulently recruit victims for work as dancers in cabarets and nightclubs on short-term "artiste" visas, for work in pubs and bars on employment visas, or for illegal work on tourist or student visas. There was increasing evidence of Chinese women being trafficked for sexual exploitation in Cyprus. The Government of Cyprus does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so. Cyprus made some progress in its anti-trafficking efforts over the past year. The new police anti-trafficking unit produced successful results and showed vigilance in combating the problem. Government recognition of the problem improve ... [Read More]
Burkina Faso
COUNTRY DESCRIPTION: Burkina Faso, previously known as Upper Volta, is a developing country in western Africa that borders the Sahara Desert. The capital is Ouagadougou and the official language is French. It is one of the poorest countries in Sub-Saharan Africa: basic infrastructure is unreliable, technical competence is hard to find, the climate is severe, and the majority of the population is involved in subsistence agriculture. Tourists most often come to Burkina Faso from December to February, after the rainy season and before the heat becomes oppressive, but tourist infrastructure is limited. Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso have international class hotels, but accommodation in other areas is much more basic. Read the Department of State Background Notes on Burkina Faso at http://www.s ... [Read More]
Burkina Faso
The country has a total area of 105,689 square miles, and its total population is 12,200,000. There is no single dominant religion. Exact statistics on religious affiliation are not available; however, based on the information from 1998, the Government estimates that approximately 55 to 60 percent of the population practice Islam, approximately 15 to 20 percent practice Roman Catholicism, approximately 5 percent are members of various Protestant denominations, and 20 to 25 percent exclusively or principally practice traditional indigenous religions. Statistics on religious affiliation are very rough because syncretistic beliefs and practices are widespread among both Christians and Muslims. A majority of citizens practice traditional indigenous religions to varying degrees, and adherence to Christian and Muslim beliefs is often nominal. Almost all citizens are believers in a supernatural order, and atheism is virtually non-existent. The large majority of the country's Muslims belong to ... [Read More]
Burkina Faso (03/05)
The U.S. Department of State's Consular Information Program provides Consular Information Sheets, Travel Warnings, and Public Announcements. Consular Information Sheets exist for all countries and include information on entry requirements, currency regulations, health conditions, areas of instability, crime and security, political disturbances, and the addresses of the U.S. posts in the country. Travel Warnings are issued when the State Department recommends that Americans avoid travel to a certain country. Public Announcements are issued as a means to disseminate information quickly about terrorist threats and other relatively short-term conditions overseas that pose significant risks to the security of American travelers. Free copies of this information are available by calling the Bureau of Consular Affairs at 202-647-5225 or via the fax-on-demand system: 202-647-3000. Consular Information Sheets and Travel Warnings also are available on the Consular Affairs Int ... [Read More]
American Embassy Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso -- Home Page
All Other Issues This site was last updated on July 13, 2005 This site is produced and maintained by the American Embassy Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Links to other Internet sites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views contained therein. Privacy Act link [Read More]
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