Burkina Faso: Plan journeys avoiding opposition rallies in Ouagadougou, Bobo-Dioulasso on 28 July due to risk of unrest Disruption on 28 July is likely and unrest possible in the capital Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso (Hauts-Bassins region), where several opposition groups plan to demonstrate against the recent establishment of a Senate (upper house), as well over various socio-economic issues. Personnel should plan journeys circumventing the rally routes to minimise inconvenience and potential exposure to violence.

As I joke to my high school daughter Catherine in the morning, “Be careful if you go to Burkina Faso today.”

That’s Upper Volta to the colonialists in the crowd.

Ever since her brother Billy studied a semester in Russia, I’ve received a Daily Digest from International SOS and Control Risks  warning of all the dangers to world travelers.

The locations of Dengue outbreaks, earthquakes and unrest always bring me back to my old stamp collection.