KAYA – A change in Burkina Faso’s electoral code means results from this month’s election will be considered valid even if people can’t vote in parts of the West African country that are overrun by Islamic extremist violence.Candidates like Tegawende Ouedraogo, who ran and lost in 2015, fear the change could cost them the election.
The 38-year-old is based in one of the hardest hit areas in the country, Sanmatenga province.The province accounts for almost 10% of the more than 2,000 fatalities due to violence this year, according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project and thousands of people might not be able to vote. “When a tire bursts, people run away.