Update about the goings-on in Burkina and West Africa

Here are a few interesting articles about what is currently going on in Burkina Faso and West Africa:

It's been a year since the uprisings last spring: http://allafrica.com/stories/201203121315.html

Last summer's very poor rainy season = bad drought this spring: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17308913

What has led to the situation in neighboring Mali: http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Perfect+desert+storm+hitting+West+Africa/6305227/story.html

The most current information about the Mali situation:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gT6NxdkqvCTpTR4KvEOPC0FQgGnA?docId=CNG.f31c542340413c26a62a1c4f4d21625a.351

http://www.economist.com/node/21550324

Scarier than I thought...