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WEST AFRICA: Forced mass deportations, violence against migrants on rise
IRIN - Saturday, September 06, 2008
AKAR Friday, September 05, 2008 (IRIN) - Participants wrapping up the two-day "Stakeholders in Migration" conference on migration in West Africa organised by non-profit Open Society Institute (OSI) said clandestine migration from sub-Saharan Africa to North Africa and Europe has prompted increased border crackdowns, abuses and killings of migrants. ... more
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New topper a world film ambassador
Topix - Friday, September 05, 2008
p>When Piers Handling persuaded a young film critic to join the Perspective Canada program committee almost 20 years ago, it was a prescient move. ... more
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Top Soccer Teams Play Away Games
allAfrica.com - Friday, September 05, 2008
any of Africa’s leading soccer teams are playing away games this weekend as the fifth and penultimate round of qualifying matches for the 2010 World Cup and 2010 Cup of Nations soccer tournaments takes ... more
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Four Namibian Referees Selected for WC Match
allAfrica.com - Thursday, September 04, 2008
OUR Namibian football referees will officiate at the 2010 World Cup qualifier between Burkina Faso and Tunisia on 06 September in Ouagadougou, Burkina ... more
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Travel Channel to show Season 12 of Amazing Race
Topix - Wednesday, September 03, 2008
p>To tide you over until Amazing Race 13 begins on September 28, tune into The Travel Channel . ... more
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Six Killed and Thousands Affected By Heavy Rains
allAfrica.com - Monday, September 01, 2008
eavy rains and violent winds in Burkina Faso have killed six people, wounded 18, and left 4,200 homeless according to the government's National Council for Emergency Aid ... more
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Burkina Faso: Six killed and thousands affected by heavy rains
Topix - Monday, September 01, 2008
p>OUAGADOUGOU, 1 September 2008 - Heavy rains and violent winds in Burkina Faso have killed six people, wounded 18, and left 4,200 homeless according to the government's National Council for Emergency Aid . ... more
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IDB Approves US$178 Mln For Projects & Technical Assistance
Topix - Sunday, August 31, 2008
p>The Islamic Development Bank has approved US$178.2 million for several development projects and technical assistance in member countries, including Malaysia, as well as Muslim communities in non-member ... ... more
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Etruscan drills 36 meters of 3.9 grams on Youga Gold Belt at Bitou
Topix - Friday, August 29, 2008
p>HALIFAX, Aug. 26 /CNW/ - Etruscan Resources Inc. reported on additional reverse circulation drill results on the Bitou permits in southern Burkina Faso, highlighted by 36 meters of 3.9 grams per tonne gold in a ... ... more
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US freed Taylor to overthrow Doe, Liberia's TRC hears
Topix - Wednesday, August 27, 2008
p>A former Liberian warlord allied to Charles Taylor has told the country's Truth and Reconciliation Commission that the United States released the strongman from jail in 1985 to engineer the overthrow of ... ... more
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Warlord says he played part in Burkina Faso coup
Topix - Tuesday, August 26, 2008
p>One of Liberia's most infamous warlords admitted Tuesday that he had trained in Libya and helped topple the government of Burkina Faso before overthrowing Liberia's president. ... more
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Burkina Faso opens Bagre dam
Topix - Monday, August 25, 2008
p>An official at the Ghana Embassy in Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso, confirmed to the Times on telephone that the spillway of the Bagre Dam will be opened Sunday. ... more
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Burkina Faso's Miss 'Large Lady'
Topix - Sunday, August 24, 2008
p>Judges at a beauty contest in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, have picked a winner weighing 117kg. ... more
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Peak dirt
Topix - Saturday, August 23, 2008
p>Small world. I started reading "Our Good Earth," Charles Mann's superb National Geographic story on dirt because Tyler Cohen called it "one of the best magazine pieces of this year." I certainly wasn't ... ... more
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Climate Change Seminar for ACP Countries
allAfrica.com - Friday, August 22, 2008
seminar on the implications of global climate change for sustainable agricultural production in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries will be held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, in ... more
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Asian Transport Delegates Feted At Dinner
Topix - Thursday, August 21, 2008
p>Bandar Seri Begawan - The Land Transport Department under the Ministry of Communications hosted a welcoming dinner for delegates participating in the 14th Asian Land Transport Working Group Meeting , at the ... ... more
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African sun fuels solar-powered study time
Topix - Tuesday, August 19, 2008
p>Burkina Faso student teacher Hema Cecile has a lot more time to crack the books thanks to a recent initiative from the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation . ... more
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Rantin: Summer reading books almost due
Topix - Sunday, August 17, 2008
p>The Richland County Public Library will hold a special summer reading wrap-up party from 6:30 to 8 p.m. today at the Southeast Regional Branch. ... more
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Around the world
Topix - Friday, August 15, 2008
p>The Nagasaki municipal government held a ceremony Saturday marking the 63rd anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city, at which participants called for the abolition of all nuclear weapons. ... more
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Mudslide kills 40 gold prospectors
Topix - Wednesday, August 13, 2008
p>A MUDSLIDE unleashed by torrential rains killed at least 40 illegal gold miners in Burkina Faso, a minister said today. ... more
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