Allen, C. and Radu, M.S., Benin, the Congo and Burkina Faso: Economy, Politics and Society, New York, Pinter, 1989.
Duval, M., Un totalitarisme sans État; politique à partir d'un village burkinabé, Paris, Harmattan, 1985.
Englebert, P., Burkina Faso. Unsteady Statehood in West Africa, Boulder, Colorado, USA, 1996.
Tarrab, G. and Coenne, C., Femmes et pouvoir au Burkina Faso, Paris, Harmattan, 1989.
Sidwaya quotidien. http://www.siwaya.bf/ The key pro-government daily paper, which has nonetheless demonstrated an independent line at important points in recent years.
L'Hebdo du Burkina http://www.hebdo.bf/
Sanfinna http://www.sanfinna.com/ Combines a campaigning social agenda with often sharp criticism of central government activity, and a sometimes pronounced Islamist editorial and comment agenda.
L'Observateur Quotidien http://www.lobservateur.bf/ Burkina's most solidly independent paper and website, from both the point of view editorial independence and journalistic integrity.
L'Independant http://www.independent.bf/ Founded by Norbert Zongo (murdered by government operatives in 1998) it maintains a resolutely anti-Compaoré line, and has close links with the Sankariste coalition.
Le Journal du Jeudi http://www.journaldujeudi.com/ Burkina's answer to the UK's Private Eye or France's Canard Enchaîné, ‘JJ' as it is locally known has been required reading for disaffected Ouagadougou intellectuals for well over a decade.