''L'Observateur Paalga'' (1973–1984, 1991-) is the most widely read newspaper in

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to ...

. It was created 1973 by Édouard Ouédraogo, but burnt down 1984 by the

Thomas Sankara Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara (; 21 December 1949 – 15 October 1987) was a Burkinabé military officer, Marxist–Leninist revolutionary, and Pan-Africanist, who served as President of Burkina Faso from his coup in 1983 to his deposition a ...

regime as part of control of the

media of Burkina Faso The mass media in Burkina Faso consists of print media and state-supported radio, news, and television stations, along with several private broadcasters with programs consisting of sports, music, cultural, or religious themes. Government media inf ...

, leaving only a government paper. It was refounded in 1991 as ''L'Observateur Paalga'' (paalga means "new" in

Mooré The Mossi language (Mooré) is a Gur language of the Oti–Volta branch and one of two official regional languages of Burkina Faso. It is the language of the Mossi people, spoken by approximately 8 million people in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Cote d ...

).Sylviane Janin ''Burkina Faso'' Page 122 2010"L'Observateur, quotidien d'information, est actuellement le plus ancien des journaux du Burkina Faso. Créé en mai 1973, ses locaux furent incendiés en juin 1984 par les Comités de Défense de la Révolution. Il a reparu dès février 1991, sous le nom de L'Observateur Paalga (paalga = nouveau en Mooré)"

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Observateur Paalga Newspapers published in Burkina Faso Newspapers established in 1973 Publications disestablished in 1984 Newspapers established in 1991 French-language newspapers published in Africa