source: AIB (Burkina Faso); Aujourd8; Facebook
actor1: Protesters (Burkina Faso)
actor2: N/A
location: Fada NGourma
notes: On 17 March 2021, a large number of students staged a demonstration and began a 48-hour strike in Fada NGourma (Fada Ngourma, Gourma). The demonstrators denounced the government's decision to transfer the organization of baccalaureate exams to the Ministry of Education, which they deemed would limit the prospects for 'children of the poor' to pursue higher education. [size=large]