Frederick Douglass

"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did, and it never will. Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them..." Frederick Douglass

Monday, May 30, 2011

Burkina Faso: Farmers Refuse To Plant While The Army Mutinees

Soldiers in Burkina Faso have taken part in further protests, firing into the air during the night to press their demands for the payment of allowances.

Residents of the north-eastern town of Dori said at least three people were injured by stray bullets.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13595034

May 30 (Bloomberg) -- About 8,000 cotton farmers in Burkina Faso, Africa’s largest producer of the fiber, are refusing to plant the crop for the 2011-12 harvest after their demands for a higher price weren’t met, according to a regional growers’ union.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-05-30/burkina-faso-cotton-farmers-refuse-to-plant-seeds-over-price.html