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Burkina Faso: Meningitis Epidemics in Vaccinated Areas
Topix - Friday, April 11, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Perhaps it is because of population displacement" People vaccinated against meningitis are supposed to have protection for three years but health officials have announced that meningitis epidemics have occurred in several areas where populations had recently ... via AllAfrica.com ... more
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Many Stay Home on Day One of Burkina Faso Strike
Topix - Thursday, April 10, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Life is expensive, do you want our flesh" Tuesday marked the first day of a two-day national strike in Burkina Faso, called by union leaders to protest the high cost of living. via Voice of America ... more
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General Strike Over Cost of Living
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, April 08, 2008
orkers from the public and private sectors throughout the country launched a two-day strike on 8 April to protest high living costs and demand salary ... more
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Diocese of Ouahigouya Celebrates Golden Jubilee
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, April 08, 2008
he Catholic Diocese of Ouahigouya is marking its 50 anniversary, which will close in November, on the Feast of Christ the King with the priestly ordination of seven deacons and the consecration of the new ... more
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Volta Commences 2,400m RC Drilling Program
Topix - Tuesday, April 08, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"This program at Kampti marks the first drilling undertaken under the Volta banner and the first of a number of aggressive exploration programs on our advanced properties in Burkina Faso and Ghana planned for the 2008 field season" Volta Resources Inc., is pleased to announce that... more
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In Cote D'ivoire, UN Mission Dismantles Posts
Topix - Sunday, April 06, 2008
p> The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Côte d'Ivoire has now dismantled almost all of its military observation posts in the former zone of confidence separating the Government-held and rebel-controlled ... via Scoop ... more
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Africa/Burkina Faso - Ouahigouya Diocesan Jubilee will close with ordination of 7 new priests ...
Topix - Saturday, April 05, 2008
p> A jubilee year to celebrate the 50 years of the diocese of Ouahigouya, in Burkina Faso, will close in November on the Feast of Christ the King with a triduum of celebrations including the priestly ordination of ... via Fides News ... more
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Captain Thomas Sankara a Soldier with a difference
allAfrica.com - Friday, April 04, 2008
aptain Thomas Isidore NoÃél Sankara (December 21, 1949 - October 15, 1987) was the leader of Burkina Faso (formerly known as Upper Volta) from 1983 to 1987. He came to power in a coup masterminded by Blaise CompaorÃà. Noted for his personal charisma, he was praised for promoting health and... more
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Hungry And Angry, West Africans Say No to Continuously Rising Food Prices
allAfrica.com - Thursday, April 03, 2008
he protests against high fuel and food prices have forced governments in West Africa to use repressive methods of yesteryears, hence reversing the gains made in the democratic arena over the past two decades, evoking memories of Gnassingbe Eyadema's strong-arm methods in ... more
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Social Forum Works to Stem Migration to Europe
allAfrica.com - Thursday, April 03, 2008
or Mady Daboné, Europe beckons. "Staying here...is misery," the 30-year-old from the village of Begdo in eastern Burkina Faso told IPS, adding that several of his friends were already abroad. "I have about twenty of them in Italy and Spain. They have all done well, even though they suffered at... more
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Appeal for Help to Fight Meningitis
allAfrica.com - Thursday, April 03, 2008
he government of Burkina Faso on Friday appealed to international donors for US $1.6 million to help finance efforts to combat a deadly meningitis ... more
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Security Chiefs Will Meet Before Border Reopens
allAfrica.com - Thursday, April 03, 2008
ilitary and security chiefs from Cote d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso will meet in the Burkinabe capital, Ouagadougou, on 28-29 May to discuss reopening the border which has been officially closed for eight months as a result of the Ivorian civil war, officials from the two countries said in a joint... more
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Burkina Faso Government Set Up Reinsertion Plan for Returnees
allAfrica.com - Thursday, April 03, 2008
he government of Burkina Faso has invited donors to support a three-year plan to help reintegrate up to half a million migrants who fled home from Cote d'Ivoire after the country erupted into civil war last ... more
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Thousands of Immigrants Still Forced Out of Villages in West According to UN Humanitarian Office
allAfrica.com - Thursday, April 03, 2008
everal thousand immigrant farmers and agricultural labourers from Burkina Faso and other West African countries are still being forced to leave villages in the troubled west of Cote d'Ivoire as a result of continuing tension with their host communities, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said... more
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Ellen Face-to-Face With Regional Power Wielders
allAfrica.com - Thursday, April 03, 2008
I am ready for the job," President-elect, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, told CNN's West Africa Bureau chief Jeff Konaige last week in an interview. She was responding to questions regarding her readiness to meet Liberia's stubborn challenges that range from the extradition of Taylor to Sierra Leone to reconciliation of the Liberian... more
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UN Agency Heads on Unprecedented Trip to the Great Lakes Region
allAfrica.com - Thursday, April 03, 2008
he heads of three of the United Nations largest humanitarian agencies are embarking on their first joint mission to visit their common operations. On Saturday, they travel to the neglected Great Lakes region at Africa's heart to highlight the suffering of millions of refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and ... more
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First Convoy Could Mark Reopening of North-South Trade Route
allAfrica.com - Thursday, April 03, 2008
he arrival of a convoy of 29 trucks in Cote d'Ivoire's port city of Abidjan from northern landlocked neighbour Burkina Faso may lead to a resumption of transit trade between the two countries after a nearly four-year war-imposed blockage, an official said on ... more
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SA takes over UN
Topix - Thursday, April 03, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"In Africa that is what kills us more than large conventional weapons or weapons of mass destruction" By Joe Lauria South Africa has taken over the presidency of the UN Security Council for the month of April during which African issues will dominate the council's agenda.... more
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Children Educate Children About HIV
allAfrica.com - Thursday, April 03, 2008
housands of children in Burkina Faso are taking part in peer education programmes to promote awareness among the country's young about the scourge of HIV/AIDS under a project backed by the United Nations Children's Fund ... more
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Ministers to Meet in Rebel Capital On Thursday
allAfrica.com - Thursday, April 03, 2008
ote d'Ivoire's government of national reconciliation will hold a ministerial meeting in the rebel capital Bouake this week in a further move to ease tension between the government-controlled south and the rebel-held north of the country, a senior government official said on ... more
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