• voight [he/him, any]
    hexagon
    hexbear
    14
    4 months ago

    More removal of the French: https://hexbear.net/post/1548918?scrollToComments=false

    Burkina Faso Considers New Constitution Without French Influence, Prime Minister Says

    On December 31, the revision of the 1991 Constitution has been endorsed by the Burkinabe parliamentarians. The approved amendments aim to diminish the importance of the French language and enhance the responsibilities of the Constitutional...

  • kristina [she/her]
    hexbear
    12
    edit-2
    4 months ago

    Society for the exploitation of the waters of the Niger what-the-hell

    Really on the nose there France

  • @bartolomeo@suppo.fi
    hexbear
    9
    4 months ago

    Only 56% of the population has access to a drinking water source.

    I don't get it... how do the rest survive?

    • voight [he/him, any]
      hexagon
      hexbear
      12
      4 months ago

      Containers alone. Or a mixture of containers for important things & low quality sources if available

      • @bartolomeo@suppo.fi
        hexbear
        3
        4 months ago

        Yes but they must fill their containers at a drinking water source...

        Maybe it's a language thing I'm not understanding.

        • voight [he/him, any]
          hexagon
          hexbear
          8
          4 months ago

          In critical situations without proper plumbing, you even see things like Dubai trucking in water and trucking out poop (!!!) or the Isn't'realis trucking in water to make fucking semiconductors. Which was considered for TSMC Arizona plant (who needs the Colorado River!!! water sources are all in your head) until we just like, scared them off by not even playing ball with them.

        • voight [he/him, any]
          hexagon
          hexbear
          3
          edit-2
          4 months ago

          A source is like something you can bottle from. I don't think buying gallon bottles of water counts. Also, tainted water that gives a baby cholera in a formula mix doesn't count.

        • voight [he/him, any]
          hexagon
          hexbear
          3
          4 months ago

          "Perri Air" does not qualify as an "air source" ;-)

          https://farside.link/youtube.com/watch?v=kCX6H90RvPU

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