L'Observateur Paalga (1973–1984, 1991-) is the most widely read newspaper in Burkina Faso.
[1] It was created 1973 by Édouard Ouédraogo, but burnt down 1984 by the Thomas Sankara regime as part of control of the media of Burkina Faso, leaving only a government paper.
It was refounded in 1991 as L'Observateur Paalga (paalga means "new" in Mooré).
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