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  1. Burkina Faso - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


    Burkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, ...
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkina_Faso - Cached - Similar

  2. Ghana hosts tripartite meeting on health


    Ghana News Agency - 1 day ago

    Mr Woyongo also congratulated Burkina Faso for netting 50 years of independence. ... He said Ghana and Burkina Faso had collaborated in sustaining research ...
    Burkina Faso celebrates Golden Jubilee anniversary- Myjoyonline.com
    all 19 news articles »


  3. Presidential Jet still safe to fly - Armed Forces


    Myjoyonline.com - 19 hours ago

    The recently commissioned presidential jet made an emergency landing on a Libyan airstrip en route to Burkina Faso last Friday, December 10 2010. ...


  4. Veep's close shave with death


    GhanaWeb - 2 days ago

    The recently commissioned presidential jet made an emergency landing on a Libyan airstrip en route to Burkina Faso on Friday. ...
  5. Mark Woyongo wants Burkina Faso to pay compensation to flood victims


    Myjoyonline.com - 1 day ago

    “But I know that between the power institutions in Ghana and Burkina Faso, we have been talking about how we can continue to do our work, how our operations ...
  6. Perkoa project underway


    Mining Review - 5 hours ago

    ... diverse portfolio of African assets ‒ has revealed that construction of mine and surface works at its Perkoa zinc mine in Burkina Faso is well underway. ...
  7. Buy Alok Industries target of Rs 36 Hem Securities


    Moneycontrol.com - 8 hours ago

    Alok, holding a 51 per cent stake, is planning to set up a spinning unit of 68000 spindles in Burkina Faso. Currently, Alok Industries imports 3500 tones of ...
    BOM:521070


  8. Burkina Faso: Call to Combat Impunity on 12th Anniversary of ...


    AllAfrica.com - 1 day ago

    On the 12th anniversary of newspaper editor Norbert Zongo's murder, Reporters Without Borders urges Burkina Faso's authorities to stop stalling and relaunch ...
  9. Ghana To Receive Cotton Seeds From Burkina Faso


    Modern Ghana - 2 days ago

    Burkina Faso is to supply Ghana with graded cotton seeds from the next cotton season to support the government's Savannah Accelerated Development Authority ...
  10. Burkina at 50: Moving to become an emerging economy


    Les Afriques - 2 days ago

    The 50th anniversary of Burkina Faso's independence was hosted in Bobo-Dioulasso ... Burkina Faso is the last among seventeen West African countries to have ...
  11. A prescription for cheaper drugs


    Financial Times - Andrew Jack - 6 Dec 2010

    While children in Burkina Faso wince briefly as they receive the first jabs in a pioneering mass immunisation campaign this week, ...
    WAfrica nations begin mass meningitis vaccination- Washington Post
    New Meningitis Vaccine Brings Hope for Africa- New York Times
    New Meningitis Vaccine: A Model for the Developing World- TIME
    Seattle Times - Ghana News Agency
    all 223 news articles »


  12. Burkina Faso commemorates half century of independence


    China Post - 4 days ago

    Members and friends of the local Burkina Faso community joined Jacques Y. Sawadogo, the Burkinabe ambassador to the Republic of China (Taiwan), yesterday in ...
    The Southern Theater Presents Burkina Electric 1/14-15- Broadway World
    all 3 news articles »


  13. Semafo completes latest expansion at Burkina Faso mine


    Creamer Media's Mining Weekly - Liezel Hill - 5 days ago

    TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – TSX-listed Semafo has completed the third phase of a plant expansion at the Mana gold mine, in Burkina Faso. ...
  14. Meningitis vaccination campaign targets 12 million in Burkina Faso


    UNICEF (press release) - Priscilla Ofori-Amanfo - 6 days ago

    OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, 8 December 2010 – .By the end of next week, 12 million Burkinabe children and young adults will receive ...
    Africa: FG, Others in Efforts to Wipe Out Infectious Diseases in ...- AllAfrica.com
    New Vaccine For Mass Campaign Against Meningitis- Inter Press Service
    The Beginning of the End for Africa's Devastating Meningitis ...- Science Now
    World Health Organization (press release)
    all 23 news articles »


  15. Goldplat placing raises £5.5m


    Stock Market Wire - 1 day ago

    The firm wants to accelerate the development of its assets and in particular the Nyieme gold project in Burkina Faso and, subject to completion of its ...
  16. Burkina Faso president re-elected by landslide


    The Associated Press - 25 Nov 2010

    OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — President Blaise Compaore, one of Africa's last remaining 'Big Men' who seized power in a bloody coup 23 years ago, ...
    Burkina Faso's president: From captain to conciliator- The Economist
    Burkina Faso's Compaore Elected to Fourth Term- BusinessWeek
    ECOWAS declares as satisfactory conduct of presidential elections ...- PR-CANADA.net (press release)
    BBC News - eTaiwan News
    all 172 news articles »
  17. Burkina Faso presidential vote won't change much


    Christian Science Monitor - Alex Thurston - 23 Nov 2010

    A man cast his ballot during Burkina Faso elections at Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso... on Nov. 21. This West African nation held a presidential election Sunday,
    Burkina Faso president re-elected: state media- AFP
    Burkina Faso Opposition Complain of Vote Problems- BusinessWeek
    Compaore's little brother comes to fore- Africa Intelligence
    AfricaNews - Fox News
    all 133 news articles »


  18. Liberia: President Sirleaf Departs for Burkina Faso ...


    AllAfrica.com - 4 days ago

    President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will this weekend participate in programs marking the 50th Anniversary celebrations of the Republic of Burkina Faso. ...
    Liberian Election Schedule Proceeds Against Backdrop of Regional ...- Yahoo! News
    Liberian president attends Burkina's 50th independence golden jubilee- African Press Agency (subscription)
    all 5 news articles »
  19. Voter Apathy High as Burkina Faso Votes in Presidential Poll


    Voice of America - Anne Look - 22 Nov 2010

    Photo: AP Voters in Burkina Faso await results from Sunday's presidential poll. Current President Blaise Compaoré is expected to win, and Burkinabé say ...
    Burkina Faso votes in presidential election- AFP
    Wu to join Burkina Faso's presidential inauguration party- Taipei Times
    FACTBOX-Poor, landlocked Burkina Faso heads to polls- Reuters Africa
    Newstime Africa - The Voice of Russia
    all 327 news articles »
  20. Burkina Faso council rejects call to annul election


    AFP - 3 Dec 2010

    OUAGADOUGOU — Burkina Faso's constitutional council rejected an attempt by four opposition candidates to have last month's presidential election annulled ...
    Burkina Faso's election results 'valid'- Press TV
    all 3 news articles »


  21. IAMGOLD well on track


    Mining Review - 5 days ago

    ... that the electrical problem at its Essakane mine in Burkina Faso has been fully rectified and the mine is operating at or above nameplate capacity. ...
    Iamgold hikes dividend 33%- Creamer Media's Mining Weekly
    all 29 news articles »
  22. Nigeria: Trafficking - Locals in Burkina Faso to Partner NAPTIP


    AllAfrica.com - 7 Dec 2010

    The Nigerian Community in Burkina Faso have expressed their willingness to partner with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons ...
  23. 80 million children work in Africa


    AfricaNews - 2 hours ago

    According to the International Labour Organization, a little over 51% of children aged 10 to 14 work in Burkina Faso, although the Labour Code prohibits ...
  24. Burkina Faso - Call to combat impunity on 12th anniversary of ...


    Tolerance - 2 days ago

    All information reproduced on the Web pages of www.tolerance.ca (including articles, images, photographs, and logos) is protected by intellectual property ...


  25. United States congratulates Burkina Faso on Idependence day


    Afrique en Ligue - 6 days ago

    Washington, United States - The US on Wednesday congratulated Burkina Faso on the occasion of the African country's 50th independence anniversary ...
  26. 30p meningitis vaccine could help millions in Africa


    The Guardian - 23 Nov 2010

    The meningitis A vaccine will be launched on 6 December in Burkina Faso, which aims to vaccinate every person between one and 29 before the annual epidemic ...
    30p vaccine to fight meningitis- The Press Association
    Burkina Faso first to receive African meningitis vax- FierceVaccines
    Africa rolls out meningitis jab- BBC News
    New Scientist - Mirror.co.uk
    all 52 news articles »
  27. Channel Resources Resumes Drilling at Tanlouka Gold Project ...


    MarketWatch (press release) - 22 Nov 2010

    This zone connects several of Burkina Faso's largest gold deposits including Essakane (IAMGOLD), Bombore (Orezone Gold), Kiaka (Volta Resources) and Taparko ...
    CVE:CHU - TSE:X - PINK:CMTX
  28. Burkina Faso's president is in a league of his own


    The Guardian - 30 Nov 2010

    On the day the presidential election campaign in Burkina Faso was officially launched, the incumbent, Blaise Compaoré, 59, was busy mediating in the Guinea ...
    Burkina's Compaoré Wins by Landslide- Voice of America
    Book Review: When Everything Has Fallen by Nathalia Zongo- Seattle Post Intelligencer
    all 2 news articles »


  29. New Presidential jet still grounded in Libya


    GhanaWeb - 1 day ago

    After a two-hour wait, the Libyan government offered the Vice President and his entourage another aircraft to continue their journey to Burkina Faso to take ...
  30. Small caps round-up: Cluff Gold, Regency Mines, Beacon Hill


    ShareCast - 30 Nov 2010

    ... miner Cluff Gold has intercepted “significant” sulphide mineralisation in the ongoing drilling programme at the Kalsaka mine in Burkina Faso. ...
    Cluff Gold announces Kalsaka exploration drilling update- Mineweb
    Questor share tip: Cluff Gold announces new gold find- Telegraph.co.uk
    Cluff Gold readies drill bit for 7 new targets at Baomahun- Proactive Investors USA & Canada
    SteelGuru
    all 12 news articles » LON:CLF - LON:RGM - LON:BHR


  31. International Donors Commit US$31million for River Blindness Efforts


    Advertiser Talk - 1 day ago

    APOC is led by the World Health Organization through technical and managerial support from program headquarters in Burkina Faso. ...
  32. Africa Crucial to Meeting World Food Needs, WFP's Sheeran Says


    Bloomberg - Alan Bjerga - 1 day ago

    ... partnerships in anti-poverty efforts. The two organizations have been collaborating in Ghana, and may extend to Burkina Faso, Mozambique, Mali and Senegal.
  33. Burkina Faso, Stallions on a mission


    Ghana Broadcasting Corporation - 24 Nov 2010

    Despite having played just one match in CAF Africa Cup of Nations qualifying, Burkina Faso appear solidly in control of their group and look like continuing ...


  34. ECOWAS Railway line project to begin soon


    Ghana News Agency - 16 hours ago

    It would link the ports of Tema and Takoradi to other parts of the country, the landlocked countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger and expected to be a ...
  35. Cosmos' Linda Langa passes away


    Sowetan - 1 day ago

    He was with me when I took Bafana Bafana to Burkina Faso for the Africa Cup of Nations in 1998 and he was also there when the national team played in the ...
  36. Liberian president impressed with transformation of Burkina Faso


    African Press Agency (subscription) - 1 day ago

    APA-Monrovia (Liberia) Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who spent the weekend in Burkina Faso to celebrate the 50th independence anniversary of ...
  37. Maiden resource declared at Burkina Faso gold project – Blackthorn


    Creamer Media's Mining Weekly - Esmarie Swanepoel - 24 Nov 2010

    “The initial estimation of an inferred mineral resource in Burkina Faso is a great start for an underexplored parcel of ground held by Blackthorn Resources ...
    Blackthorn completes mineral resource study- Commodity Online
    all 4 news articles » ASX:BTR
  38. Is America getting more corrupt?


    Financial Post - 5 days ago

    Burkina Faso dropped six decimal points to 3.1. The biggest decrease in corruption occurred in FIFA-favorite Qatar, which jumped seven decimal points to 7.7 ...
  39. In Norbert Zongo case, 12 years of impunity


    CPJ Press Freedom Online (blog) - Mohamed Keita - 16 hours ago

    He was assassinated in 1998 while investigating the murder of a driver working at Burkina Faso's presidential palace. More painful still is that the killers ...


  40. WFP Helps Subsistence Farmers to Increase Crop Yields


    Voice of America - Lisa Schlein - 4 Dec 2010

    Some of the most dramatic climate-related emergencies in the past year include flooding in Pakistan, Burma and Burkina Faso, and the Sahel drought, ...
  41. New meningitis vaccine to be launched in Burkina Faso


    HealthCanal.com - 1 Dec 2010

    In December 2010, MenAfriVacTM, a new affordable vaccine for serogroup A meningococcal meningitis will be introduced in Burkina Faso. ...
  42. Rwanda/Burkina Faso: Junior Wasps to Play Burkina Faso in Can U-17 ...


    AllAfrica.com - Ostine Arinaitwe - 28 Nov 2010

    RWANDA will play Burkina Faso in the opening game of the 2011 U-17 Africa Youth Championship which will be jointly held in Kigali and Rubavu from January ...
    Rwanda host draw for African U17- BBC News
    Egypt draws hosts for African U-17 championship- Bikya Masr
    Rwanda U-17…host faces Senegal, Egypt &Burkina Faso- Sierra Express Media
    all 5 news articles »


  43. Ampella reports high-grade intersections in Burkina Faso


    Creamer Media's Mining Weekly - Esmarie Swanepoel - 26 Nov 2010

    ... reported that its Joint Ore Reserves Committee-compliant resource for the Konkera deposit, in Burkina Faso, would expand after high-grade intersections. ...
    Fairfax Market Report including Ampella Mining, African Aura and ...- Proactive Investors UK
    all 2 news articles »
  44. IMF Executive Board Completes First Review Under Extended Credit ...


    The FINANCIAL - 3 Dec 2010

    Following the Executive Board's discussion of Burkina Faso, Mr. John Lipsky, First Deputy ...Burkina Faso's productive base, however, remains narrow, ...
  45. Rwanda: Junior Wasps Held By Police


    AllAfrica.com - Ostine Arinaitwe - 56 minutes ago

    The U-17 side is drawn in Group A alongside Senegal, Egypt and Burkina Faso and will open their 2011 U-17 Africa Youth Championship campaign against the ...
  46. Workmanship exported


    Wagin Argus - Sherryl Chilcott - 8 hours ago

    “The rigs are constructed in Wagin and exported by shipping container to Burkina Faso in West Africa near the capital Ougadougou. ...
  47. Jersey specs prove a life saver in Africa


    Channel Television - 2 days ago

    A few weeks ago we told you about a Jersey optician about to head to Burkina Faso... to offer life saving treatment to the more than 1.1 million people whose


  48. Riverstone Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:RVS)(FRANKFURT:3RV) has announced that ongoing Reverse Circulation drilling at the Kao gold deposit in Burkina Faso, ...

  • SEMAFO Successfully Completes Phase III of Mana Plant Expansion


    PR-USA.net (press release) - 4 days ago

    SEMAFO received confirmation that Burkina Faso tax authorities have ... The Company currently operates three gold mines: the Mana Mine in Burkina Faso, ...
  • Azerbaijan's President offers Republic Day greetings to President ...


    Trend News Agency - 4 days ago

    President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has sent a congratulatory letter to President of Burkina-Faso... Blaise Compaore on the country's national holiday - the
  • Africa gets a boost in meningitis fight


    AfricaNews - 5 days ago

    A new vaccine designed specifically for Africa was approved in June and is being rolled out in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. Only Burkina Faso, the World ...
    Revolutionary new meningitis vaccine set to wipe out deadly ...- Advertiser Talk
    all 2 news articles »
  • Falcon 900 EX makes emergency landing


    Ghana Broadcasting Corporation - 2 days ago

    Falcon 900 EX, the new presidential jet made an emergency landing in the Libyan dessert city of Kufra on its way to Burkina Faso from Egypt following a ...


  • Developing nations also face illegal immigration


    AZ Central.com - Chris Hawley - 4 days ago

    ... Afghanistan to Iran, Pakistan to India and Burkina Faso to Ivory Coast, among others. Population experts call this "south-south migration": the movement ...
  • Avion Further Extends Vindaloo Gold Zone With Additional ...


    MarketWatch (press release) - 30 Nov 2010

    The mining industry in Burkina Faso is growing at a rapid rate due to a ... In 2011, it is expected that Burkina Faso will become the fourth largest gold ...
  • Burkina Faso: Compaoré, the favourite candidate


    The AFRICAN BULLETIN (blog) - 23 Nov 2010

    ...Monday, 22 November 2010 Burkina Faso: Compaoré, the favourite candidate More than three million Burkinabe are called to the polls on Sunday, ...
  • West African faith communities on conflict and peacemaking


    Awoko - Saidu Bah - 18 hours ago

    ... university lecturers, journalists and heads of faith based organisations from USA, Senegal, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, France, Burkina Faso, Niger, ...
  • Iamgold dividends up by 33%


    Mmegi Online - Brian Benza - 1 day ago

    In addition to Botswana, Iamgold has operations in Suriname, Burkina Faso, Canada, Mali and Ghana. Said the company's President and CEO, Steve Letwin: "The ...


  • John Jinapor: It Was A 'Near-Death' Experience


    Peace FM Online - 1 day ago

    ... John Dramani Mahama, has confirmed reports that the recently commissioned presidential jet, en route to Burkina Faso over the weekend with the Second ...


  • Burkina Faso to pursue its work to alleviate poverty


    TTKN News - 20 Nov 2010

    The Government of Burkina Faso has decided to continue the experimental National Multifunctional Platform Program supported by the UNDP which began in 2000. ...
  • Benin to build more ports to accommodate Nigeria-bound cargo


    Nigerian Compass (blog) - 5 Dec 2010

    Benin Republic has said that it would build five inland ports to move goods to Nigeria, Togo and other landlocked countries such as Niger and Burkina Faso, ...
  • Foreigners in illegal mining arrested


    Ghana News Agency - 18 Nov 2010

    18, GNA - -Three nationals of Burkina Faso have been fined 12000 Ghana cedis for engaging in illegal activities. They are Adama Salifu, 28, Fusani Kabore, ...
  • Buy these 8 Junior Gold Miners on Dips


    The Market Oracle - 21 hours ago

    In Burkina Faso in Africa, a country that we like and are quite focused on, ... Places like Burkina Faso that I mentioned with a couple of companies, ...
  • New meningitis vaccine brings hope in Burkina Faso


    SOS Children - 25 Nov 2010

    Burkina Faso's second SOS Children's Village at Bobo-Dioulasso, near the western border with Mali was opened in 2004. It has twelve family houses for 120 ...
  • Liverpool - Hamburg winger Jonathan Pitroipa the latest name ...


    GiveMeFootball.com - Will Haine - 29 Nov 2010

    The Burkina Faso international is allegedly being closely monitored by the Merseysiders and, according to The People, ...
    Liverpool line up January move for Hamburger SV winger Jonathan ...- IMScouting
    Liverpool to make January offer for Hamburg winger Jonathan Pitroipa- Tribalfootball.com
    all 3 news articles »
  • Different delivery mechanisms for insecticide-treated nets in ...


    7thSpace Interactive (press release) - 5 Dec 2010

    Methods: The interventions took place in one province of north-western Burkina Faso in 2006 in the frame of a large randomized controlled ITN intervention ...
  • Burkina Faso: Mother Learns To Fend Off Malnutrition


    ReliefWeb (press release) - 23 Nov 2010

    Assétau and her son are now among more than 185, 000 beneficiaries of WFP supplementary feeding programme in Burkina Faso. A mother of four, Assétau says ...
  • Burkina Faso: ASFA and USFA open the Championship


    StarAfrica.com - 19 Nov 2010

    ... 000 for the finalist is brought into play. Note that the Super Cup of Burkina Faso is called the trophy of the sportscasters' Associations of Burkina Faso.
  • Iamgold completes Essakane mill repair


    Creamer Media's Mining Weekly - Liezel Hill - 18 Nov 2010

    ... (SAG) mill at its Essakane mine in Burkina Faso, and has restored the original configuration of the mill for feeding material to the gold plant, ...
    IAMGOLD Essakane Mine Sag Mill Electrical System Repaired- MarketWatch (press release)
    all 12 news articles » TSE:IMG - PINK:CMTX
  • Riverstone Expands Footprint of Kao Deposit at Karma


    Trading Markets (press release) - 7 Dec 2010

    Riverstone Resources Inc. is active in gold exploration in Burkina Faso, West Africa, where the company holds an extensive portfolio of six high quality ...
    CVE:RVS
  • Dog missing after SUV overturns, injures driver in Sandy Hill


    Ottawa Citizen - 30 Nov 2010

    The crash happened just before noon near Somerset Street and Range Road, near the Embassy of Burkina Faso. The driver, a 51-year-old woman, was treated for ...
  • Opinion: What do you give the person who has everything? Nothing


    Vancouver Sun - Daphne Bramham - 30 minutes ago

    For $80, the charity can buy a desk for up to four children; $100 buys a bicycle so teachers in Burkina Faso can get to work; and $450 will pay the tuition ...
  • Ghana, China National Sign $6 Billion Railroad Deal, GBC Says


    Bloomberg - Jason McLure - 28 Nov 2010

    The project will extend Ghana's rail network from the central city of Kumasi through Tamale to the town of Paga on the Burkina Faso border. ...
  • I'm Guilty - Kombian Pleads And Gets Six Years For It


    Modern Ghana - 5 days ago

    After killing the two policemen, Kombian escaped from the country through the northern border post to Togo and Burkina Faso. From their intelligence report ...


  • Perkoa zinc back as Glencore/Blackthorn conclude JV


    Creamer Media's Mining Weekly - Esmarie Swanepoel - 22 Nov 2010

    Blackthorn would retain a 39,9% interest, while the Burkina Faso government retained a 10% interest. “We are thrilled that this JV is now complete and ...
    Perkoa joint venture finalised- Mining Review
    all 5 news articles » ASX:BTR
  • Saudi Arabia - Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Congratulates ...


    ISRIA (registration) - 1 day ago

    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, has sent a cable of congratulations to President Blaise Compaor of Burkina Faso ...
  • Saudi Arabia - Deputy Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques ...


    ISRIA (registration) - 1 day ago

    ... has sent a cable of congratulations to President Blaise Compaor of Burkina Faso Republic on the Anniversary of his country's National Day. ...
  • Expanded Phase 2 drill programme to start early following ...


    Mineweb - 2 days ago

    Vital Metals is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Pat O'Sullivan as Exploration Manager, Burkina Faso. Mr O'Sullivan is an experienced West African ...
    ASX:VML
  • No reason to cheer statistics


    Times and Transcript - 4 hours ago

    In the African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Burundi and Guinea-Bissau, fewer than one in three children will complete primary school; ...
  • UNICEF-sponsored Tour du Burkina Faso pedals a message of child ...


    UNICEF (press release) - Modeste Yameogo - 18 Nov 2010

    OUGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, 18 November 2010 – The recent 24th edition of the Tour du Burkina Faso was a great opportunity for UNICEF to ...


  • Hot Looks: Holiday Gifts She'll Love


    Vanity Fair - 6 Dec 2010

    L'Occitane's super-moisturizing, organic Shea Butter hails from Burkina Faso. It's produced by women in Burkina Faso, who blend together the wild kernels of ...


  • High-flying Avion Gold poised to climb further: Canaccord


    Globe and Mail - Darcy Keith - 25 Nov 2010

    In addition, the company has "superb" exploration potential at its properties in Mail and Burkina Faso, and has one of the most attractive valuations in ...
    CVE:AVR


  • Questor share tip: Avocet expected to meet full-year targets


    Telegraph.co.uk - 25 Nov 2010

    Its most important asset is the Inata mine in Burkina Faso. The company is reviewing the licences of its Penjom mine in Malaysia and North Lanut in ...
    Avocet Mining's recently released third quarter 2010 results ...- Proactive Investors UK
    all 2 news articles » LON:AVM


  • 'Starved for Attention' focuses on plight of hungry


    Transcript - Gabriela Melgar - 6 days ago

    The movie documents malnutrition in Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, ... The film website says that in Burkina Faso, "malnutrition recurs seasonally when crops are ...
  • Good Food for All


    Slow food - 22 Nov 2010

    The girls of the AMPO orphanage in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, will be enjoying a feast of traditional foods in a few weeks time, in a special event that ...
  • US embassy cables: Washington calls for intelligence on top UN ...


    The Guardian - 28 Nov 2010

    STATE 00080163 006 OF 024 Countries: Austria, Burkina Faso, Burma, China, ... Countries: Austria, Burkina Faso, China, Costa Rica, STATE 00080163 008 OF 024 ...
  • Ghana's Decentralisation System Makes Limited Progress - According ...


    Accra Daily Mail (blog) - 4 days ago

    Details of the study entitled “Political economy of decentralisation in Ghana: Comparison with the cases of Burkina Faso, Kenya and Senegal” were presented ...
  • Construction begins at Glencore-Blackthorn zinc venture


    Metalbulletin.com (subscription) - 1 day ago

    Building work has commenced at the Perkoa zinc mine in Burkina Faso, which is managed and operated by Glencore in collaboration with Blackthorn Resources. ...
    ASX:BTR
  • Mauritanian president to attend opening of FESMAN in Dakar


    Afrique en Ligue - 4 days ago

    From Dakar, the Mauritanian president will leave for Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso' second big city, to honour an invitation from the country's president, ...
  • Global trader Senegal badly exposed to food-price volatility


    Irish Times - 13 hours ago

    The problems extend across Chad, Mali, Mauritania as well as parts of Burkina Faso... and northern Nigeria. Agencies report that in some places,


  • Every Ghanaian should demand oil revenue plan


    Myjoyonline.com - Kwabena N. Asamoah - 19 hours ago

    This rail system could be linked to our ports in Takoradi, Tema and our borders crossings in the Ivory Coast, Togo and Burkina Faso. ...
    Ghana's New Oil Wealth May Trigger Borrowing Spree- BusinessWeek
    all 373 news articles »


  • Could international money transfers allow students 'to shine'?


    HiFX - The Financial Latest - 1 day ago

    Last year's winter, Rose Melissa Ilboudo from Burkina Faso, told of her experiences helping to raise more than £200000 for her home country. ...
  • Corruption: Who will save the world from this monster?


    Nigerian Tribune - Chukwuma Okparaocha - 15 hours ago

    ... is Libya's Muammar Ghadaffi, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe (a country that has the highest inflation rate in the world) and Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso. ...
  • + Govt negligence reason N'Delta yout


    Nigeria Daily Independent - 5 Dec 2010

    Members of South South Peoples Assembly (SSPA) Headquarters, Burkina Faso, like other Nigerians in diaspora, want to be part of the 2011 general elections. ...
  • African rights court stays idle


    Afrique en Ligue - 4 hours ago

    The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights establishing the ACHPR was adopted in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 9 June 1998 and it entered ...
  • Over 1000 Burkinabe soldiers now in Ivory Coast


    Oye! Times - 6 days ago

    Around 1000 soldiers from Burkina Faso have landed in Bouaké to support the Ouattara rebels for the battle. According to the information received these ...
    Ecowas suspends Cote d'Ivoire- Africa Review
    ECOWAS suspends Cote d'Ivoire membership- Xinhua
    ChristianNewsToday.com - Manila Bulletin
    all 1560 news articles »


  • US embassy cables: Why are mansions built near the Ghana-Togo border?


    The Guardian - 15 hours ago

    Drugs originating in Guinea could travel through Mali and Burkina Faso and enter Ghana from the north "and no one would stop them. ...
  • Goldrush Intersects 6.72 g/t Gold Over 8 Metres on Westernmost ...


    MarketWatch (press release) - 1 Dec 2010

    The ALS Chemex laboratory in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso was used for sample analysis. For its internal control, ALS Chemex inserted two certified standards, ...
    CVE:GOD - PINK:CMTX
  • Galadima Set For CAF Exco Polls


    Nigerian Observer - 6 hours ago

    ... and Jacques Anouma of the Cote d'Ivoire federation for the slots reserved for Zone West B made up of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, ...
  • Buhari chased out of rally in Bayelsa


    Nigeria Daily Independent - Habib Aruna - Emma Gbemudu - 7 Dec 2010

    President Goodluck Jonathan (middle), Senegalese President Abdulahi Wade (right) and Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore at an emergency ECOWAS summit on ...
  • Gwynne Dyer: Ivory Coast: A tale of two countries


    Straight.com - Gwynne Dyer - 1 day ago

    Even Ouattara himself was banned from running in the 2002 election because his parents, it was alleged, were from Burkina Faso. And it doesn't matter who is ...
    Côte d'Ivoire: What way out of the post-election imbroglio? (analysis)- Afrika
    High stakes for Gbagbo loyalists in Côte d'Ivoire- The Africa Report
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