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Burkina Faso: Highway banditry
Global Voices Online - Tuesday, June 17, 2008
p>Burkinabe blogger QuophyBlogeur writes about employees of the Ghanaian company, STC and their harrowing encounter with an illegal roadblock [Fr] set up by bandits with AK-47s. ... more
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Outbreak of Polio Prompts Mass Vaccination Campaign
allAfrica.com - Friday, June 13, 2008
he World Health Organization (WHO) and the governments of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali are launching a cross-border polio vaccination campaign today following an April 2008 report of a polio case at Tillabéry in southwest Niger, 100km from the borders of Mali and Burkina ... more
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UN urges Cote d'Ivoire parties to respect poll deadline
Topix - Friday, June 13, 2008
p>The United Nations Security Council has called on the main actors in the post-crisis Cote d'Ivoire to ensure that their commitment to organizing the long-awaited presidential elections in November is kept, the ... ... more
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IRIN/PlusNews examines issues surrounding HIV-positive teenagers in Burkina Faso
Topix - Tuesday, June 10, 2008
p>Somba added that these desires are reinforced by the fact that it is "practically inconceivable" to not have children in Africa, where "a couple who have been together two years without having a child are ... ... more
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Violence Between Nomads And Farmers Kills Fifteen
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, June 10, 2008
lashes between nomads and farmers in Poni and Bougouriba provinces in southwestern Burkina Faso have left fifteen dead since 25 May according to Simplice Détouré Dah, an official of the Burkina Faso human rights organisation ... more
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Joseph Ki-Zerbo - Burkina Faso
Topix - Tuesday, June 10, 2008
p>' December 4, 2006, Burkina Faso) was a Burkinab © politician and writer. He spent his youth in Toma where he grew up in a rural context inside a big family. ... more
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Burkina Faso: Street pharmacies
Global Voices Online - Sunday, June 08, 2008
p> QuophyBlogeur [Fr] writes about the proliferation of street vendors in Burkina Faso who sell unregulated, sometimes fake or poisonous medicines. ... more
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New Child Trafficking Law Hard to Enforce
allAfrica.com - Sunday, June 08, 2008
he Burkina Faso government has passed a new law that increases jail terms for traffickers from a maximum of five to 10 years, but child protection experts fear this will not stop child-trafficking, which the ministry of social welfare says is ... more
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Sahel Climate Change Diary - Day 3
allAfrica.com - Sunday, June 08, 2008
he UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser on conflict, Jan Egeland, is travelling in the Sahel this week to draw attention to a region the UN says is experiencing the worst effects of climate change in the world. He is sharing his thoughts and experiences every day with IRIN. This is the... more
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Market gardening takes a flight in Burkina Faso
Topix - Sunday, June 08, 2008
p>In poverty stricken Burkina Faso, a West African nation plagued by droughts, market gardening, the small scale production of fruit and vegetables as cash crops, is catching on. ... more
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Burkina Faso: Young, positive and sexually active
Topix - Sunday, June 08, 2008
p>DIOULASSO/OUAGADOUGOU, 5 June 2008 - That teenagers, and even pre-teens, become sexually active is usually kept under the blanket, especially in conservative societies, but when these young people are HIV ... ... more
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Topix - Sunday, June 08, 2008
p>Four hundred and forty two Kenyans fleeing the xenophobi c attacks in South Africa have returned home, assistant foreign minister, Richar d Onyanka, said here Wednesday. ... more
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Burkina Faso: Winyé Mask Festival
Global Voices Online - Tuesday, June 03, 2008
p>BurkinaMon writes about the Winyé Mask Festival in Burkina Faso : The Seventh Annual Winyé Mask Festival was held on Friday and Saturday in Boromo- a small town just about two hours' drive from Ouaga. I was there as usual, friends and family in tow.” ... more
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UN Advisor Writes On His Climate Change Trip
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, June 03, 2008
he UN Secretary General's Special Advisor on conflict, Jan Egeland, is travelling in the Sahel this week to draw the world's attention to a region the UN says is experiencing the worst effects of climate change in the world. ... more
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SAHEL: Sahel climate change diary - Day 1
Topix - Tuesday, June 03, 2008
p>The UN Secretary General's Special Advisor on conflict, Jan Egeland, is travelling in the Sahel this week to draw the world's attention to a region the UN says is experiencing the worst effects of climate ... ... more
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Sahel is 'Ground Zero' for Climate Change
allAfrica.com - Monday, June 02, 2008
he Sahel region of West Africa is "ground zero" for vulnerable communities struggling to adapt to climate change, the UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser on conflict, Jan Egeland, said on 2 June in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, as he began a mission to draw the world's attention to mounting social... more
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Sahel Stands At 'Ground Zero' of Climate Change, Top UN Adviser Warns
allAfrica.com - Monday, June 02, 2008
frica's Sahel region is "ground zero" for countries trying to cope with climate change, but sufficient investment in adaptation measures and greater cooperation between neighbouring States means this does not have to lead to conflict, a senior United Nations official said ... more
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Backgrounder On the Sahel
allAfrica.com - Monday, June 02, 2008
nderdevelopment and humanitarian crises in the Sahel region of West Africa will be under the spotlight this week as Jan Egeland, the UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Conflict, travels to Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to draw attention to the impoverished region and the social pressures climate change is causing... more
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Region is 'Ground Zero' for Climate Change - UN Adviser
allAfrica.com - Monday, June 02, 2008
he Sahel region of West Africa is "ground zero" for vulnerable communities struggling to adapt to climate change, the UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser on conflict, Jan Egeland, said on 2 June in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, as he began a mission to draw the world's attention to mounting social... more
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Fire & Ice Finale
Topix - Monday, June 02, 2008
p>Elluminate's award winning Fire & Ice online events on climate change sponsored by Sun have two events coming up to be sure to take note of and participate in if possible. ... more
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