11-year-old schoolboy, others dead in 4-month-long protests in burkina faso

[Hannah Bell]

April 30 (Bloomberg) -- About 3,000 people demonstrated in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, against the rising cost of living and to call for President Blaise Compaore to resign, said opposition leader Benewende Stanislas Sankara.

“We want to show the aspirations of our people for change,” Sankara said in a phone interview today from the city. “We need reforms to enable the people to benefit from the country’s riches.”

Mobile text-messaging services were disabled in the city today to maintain stability, Security Minister Jerome Bougouma told reporters today. He didn’t say how many people took part in the demonstration.

Six people died in the army and police mutinies, Health Minister Adama Traore told reporters today in Ouagadougou. Among the dead was an 11-year-old student who was shot while attending school, Traore said.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-04-30/burkina-faso-opposition-supporters-protest-higher-cost-of-living.html

where's the us on this? where's the un? no-fly zone? peacekeepers? regime change? targeted assassination?

[Hannah Bell]

1. he shut down the internets!!! freeeeeeedooooooommmmmm!!!!