First, for Russia as for Nigeria, state policy is inconsistent and thus makes investing more risky. (That this analogy is now widespread in Moscow is suggested by the simultaneous appearance of another article, this one by Petr Svoekoshtny on the portal entitled “Northern Nigeria” (/article/7/russia/).)Īccording to Polunin, the Coca-Cola HBC report makes five basic points. In an article posted yesterday on the “Svobodnaya pressa” site and entitled “Nigeria in the Snow,” commentator Andrey Polunin said that in the view of foreign investors as expressed in a report by the Swiss Coca-Cola HBC, “Russia stands closest of all to … Nigeria” becaue of the nature of its political and economic system (/society/article/64866/). Now, the analogy is being made by Russian analysts, horrifies Western business interests, and suggests that it is precisely Russia’s similarity with Nigeria on a wide range of economic and political measures including corruption and government inefficiency that is the heart of the matter and cannot be obscured by snow. In the earlier time, the analogy was made by a Western political leader, horrified Soviet citizens, and suggested that Russia’s military strength was the thing that set it apart from a much weaker country. The three differences between these declarations tell a great deal about the path that Russia has followed over the last generation. Staunton, February 28 – Twenty-five years ago, German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt characterized the Soviet Union as being an “Upper Volta with missiles.” Now, Russian analysts, in response to findings of a Swiss firm, have suggested that a better analogy might be between the Russian Federation and a “Nigeria with snow.” But poor Upper Volta had aĪnyway, I don't see why the aforementioned bigwigs should get the creditįrom ‘ Upper Volta with Missiles’ to ‘Nigeria with Snow’. Their country Burkina Faso for quite some time. Bad luck that the Upper Voltans had actually been calling Non-journalist woman who happened to be a Zimbabwean, and I thought I'd In fact, I had previously heard a thought expressed rather similarly by a "rabid anti-Sovietism" etc in the Soviet press. The phraseĬaused some enjoyable offence at the time, and I was castigated for my Summer of 1987, I think, when I was the correspondent in Moscow (1986-89)įor The Daily Telegraph (London) and The Sunday Telegraph. Sorry, but it was I who first put it into public print. Henry Kissinger, Helmut Schmidt and even Mikhail Gorbachev have Times recently in DJL, with occasional passing discussion as to its This anthem was replaced in 1984 by a new anthem, the Ditanyè.I notice that the phrase "Upper Volta with rockets" has popped up a few We will make you stronger and more beautiful
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Nous te ferons et plus forte, et plus belle Thomas Sankara (4 August 1983 to 14 October 1987).Gérard Kango Ouedraogo (13 February 1971 to 8 February 1974).
Paul Masson (February 1959 to 5 August 1960).įrom 1971 to 1987, the Republic of Upper Volta was led by a prime minister:.
Under the direction of Sankara, the country changed its name on 4 August 1984, from Upper Volta to Burkina Faso, which means "Land of Incorruptible People". After the coup, he formed the National Council for the Revolution (CNR), with himself as president.
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Although multiparty democracy was nominally restored four years later, Lamizana dominated the country's politics until he was himself overthrown in 1980.Īfter a series of short-term presidencies, Thomas Sankara then came to power through a military coup d'état on 4 August 1983. On 3 January 1966, Yaméogo was overthrown in a coup d'état led by army chief of staff Sangoulé Lamizana. He had shown a deep authoritarian streak even before then, however between the time he became prime minister of Upper Volta while it was still a French colony and independence two years later, opposition parties were subjected to increased harassment. Shortly after coming to power, Yaméogo banned all political parties other than the UDV-RDA. A constitution was ratified the same year, establishing presidential elections by direct universal suffrage and a National Assembly with five-year terms. Upper Volta obtained independence on 5 August 1960, with Maurice Yaméogo of the Voltaic Democratic Union-African Democratic Rally (UDV-RDA) becoming the country's first president. The name Upper Volta indicated that the country contains the upper part of the Volta River. Map showing the Volta River in Upper Volta
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