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Appendix B: Journalism Freedom: 1980–2008 (Country Ratings from Freedom House) - Burkina Faso
Population (2010, proj.): 16,287,000
Gross National Income per Capita (current, 2007): $430
Date of Independence: August 5, 1960 (from France)
Date of Last Constitution: June 11, 1991

While constitutionally free, news media in Burkina Faso can be banned for false information or endangering national security. Yet criticism of the government by the generally privately owned press is common. The ...
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