TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The epidemics that almost happened | George Zaidan
In 2013, an Ebola outbreak began in Guinea. The country had no formal response system and the outbreak became the largest Ebola epidemic in recorded history. Guinea then completely overhauled their response system, and were able to...
TED Talks
TED: How protest is redefining democracy around the world | Zachariah Mampilly
The democratic process is messy, complicated and often inefficient -- but across Africa, activists are redefining democracy by putting protest at its center. In an illuminating talk, political scientist Zachariah Mampilly gives us a...
TED Talks
Emily Oster: Flip your thinking on AIDS in Africa
Emily Oster re-examines the stats on AIDS in Africa from an economic perspective and reaches a stunning conclusion: Everything we know about the spread of HIV on the continent is wrong.
TED Talks
Diébédo Francis Kéré: How to build with clay ... and community
Diébédo Francis Kéré knew exactly what he wanted to do when he got his degree in architecture... He wanted to go home to Gando in Burkina Faso, to help his neighbors reap the benefit of his education. In this charming talk, Kéré shows...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The life, legacy & assassination of an African revolutionary - Lisa Janae Bacon
In 1972, Thomas Sankara was swept into the revolution seeking to wrest control of Madagascar from France’s lingering colonial rule. The protests inspired the West African native to read works by socialist leaders and seek wisdom from...
Sir Linkalot
Spelling Lesson 29–I Just Can’t Stop Finding Words Inside Words (Sir Linkalot Time!)
Have you got the links? “He helps her to get here and there.” Today: Spelling Lesson 29: I Just Can’t Stop Finding Words Inside Words. Livestream at 2pm BST.
SWPictures
KILL OR CURE - Outbreak - Curbing the Tide of Meningitis
In March 2007, as a meningitis epidemic was raging in Burkina Faso, we filmed a poignant and revealing account of the devastating impact meningitis epidemics have on individuals, families, and communities. Meningitis is a deadly...
SWPictures
KILL OR CURE - New Weapon Against Malaria
A chemical developed by China for use by the Vietcong in the Vietnam War to fight malaria is providing new hope for million of malaria sufferers. The chemical called artemisinin, which is extracted from the ginghao plant, is providing...
Curated Video
Alternative Indicators of Economic Development
This video explores the various alternative ways in which economic development within countries can be measured beyond the commonly used Human Development Index (HDI). The video discusses the limitations of HDI and introduces alternative...
Bloomberg
Soldiers Seize Power in African Nation of Gabon
Soldiers seized power in OPEC member Gabon, four days after the central African nation held disputed presidential elections. If this military takeover holds, it would be the ninth political coup to take place in sub-Saharan Africa in the...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : PROFILE: Thomas Sankara, Burkina Faso's former president
Revered among African radicals, Burkina Faso's Marxist-Leninist leader Thomas Sankara was an army captain aged just 33 when he came to power in a coup in 1983 (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : PROFILE: Thomas Sankara, Burkina Faso's former president
Military prosecutors in Burkina Faso request 30 years in jail for former president Blaise Compaore over the 1987 murder of his predecessor, revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Football/AFCON: jubilant fans celebrate in Dakar as Senegal reaches final
Senegalese fans celebrate in Dakar after their team defeated Burkina Faso by three goals to one in the CAN semi-final (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : PROFILE: Thomas Sankara, revolutionary leader of Burkina Faso
Revered among African radicals, Burkina Faso's Marxist-Leninist leader Thomas Sankara was an army captain aged just 33 when he came to power in a coup in 1983 (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Burkina Faso: Ouagadougou coup d'etat aftermath
Calm returns to the streets of Ouagadougou, just days after a second military takeover in less than nine months (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : People leave central Ouagadougou and shutter shops after Burkina coup
Tension on the streets of Ouagadougou as people leave the city centre and close shops on the orders of armed soldiers (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Curated Video
Hundreds gather in capital to call for democratic transition of power
About one thousand people gathered at the Place de Nation in Burkina Faso's capital on Sunday to ask for a civilian and democratic transition amid confusion over who is running the country in the wake of the resignation of President...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : STOCKSHOTS: Two French soldiers killed in Mali, says French presidency
The French presidency announces that two French soldiers of the anti-jihadist Barkhane force in Mali have been killed by an improvised explosive device (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Football/AFCON: Fans arrive at stadium for AFCON opener Cameroon-Burkina Faso
Fans arrive at the vast new 60,000-seat Olembe Stadium in Yaounde for the Africa Cup of Nations opener between the hosts Cameroon and Burkina Faso (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Burkina Faso: police break up rally of support for barracks revolt
Police fire tear gas to break up a rally by around 100 people who gathered at a square in central Ouagadougou to show support for a revolt by soldiers, after gunfire broke out at several army barracks in Burkina Faso (Footage by AFPTV...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Demonstrators march against French group Bolloré in Burkina Faso
Hundreds of people demonstrate against French group Bolloré in the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, over its management of local Sitarail railroad (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : ANIMATED MAP: Twin blasts kill 15 Burkina Faso troops
An animated map shows the location of the road from Bourzanga to Djibotwin where twin attacks using improvised explosive devices killed 15 soldiers in the latest such deadly blasts as Burkina Faso battles a jihadist insurgency (Footage...
Curated Video
SYND 23/11/72 GEORGES POMPIDOU MEETS WITH PRESIDENT LAMIZANA OF UPPER VOLTA
French President Georges Pompidou meets with President Lamizana of Upper Volta during the French leader's current tour of African states
1. President Pompidou arrives at presidential palace and greeted
2. gv exterior palace
3. interior,...
Curated Video
Pres of Burkina Faso flies in to mediate political talks
1. Aeroplane carrying Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore taxiing on tarmac
2. Various of Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo with delegation
3. Compaore and Gbagbo shaking hands
4. Compaore''s convoy
5. Compaore with Gbagbo...