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Ethnic Clashes Kill Eight in East
allAfrica.com - Thursday, April 03, 2008
ight people have died in eastern Burkina Faso in ethnic clashes between the cattle-herding Fulani tribe and the land-owning Gourmantches, sparked by the release of four suspected murderers from prison, a local official told IRIN on ... more
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President Bush Removes Côte d'Ivoire Adds Burkina Faso to Agoa Eligibility List
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
central component of this Administration's broad commitment to trade liberalization has been to advance hope, opportunity, and prosperity in both developed and developing countries by reducing barriers to trade and investment. In this regard, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is a key pillar of the Administration's policy... more
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Fulani Herdsmen Run Riot in Upper East
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
ulani herdsmen, operating along the borders of Ghana and Burkina Faso have made nonsense of the ECOWAS protocol on free movement of people when they attacked and vandalized the farms and properties of Ghanaian farmers along the Burkina Faso ... more
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Training for Insurgencies On Demand From Libya
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
he Mathaba Guerilla Training camp in Libya, North Africa remains active even today churning out classes of trained insurgents who have made a long term lucrative profession of fuelling Africa's civil ... more
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Burkina Faso Nationals Arrested, Shot Dead After Attack On Barracks
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
n a sign of continued ethnic tension in Cote d'Ivoire, a number of nationals from Burkina Faso were arrested and several shot dead following a mysterious attack against two military camps in Abidjan early this month, diplomats and other sources told IRIN on ... more
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Battling for Land
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
s desert sands relentlessly wipe away more and more arable land in arid Burkina Faso and Mali, leaving people hungry, access to fertile farming land is becoming increasingly worth fighting, and even dying ... more
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Ecowas Meeting Postponed Over Burkina Faso Unrest
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
urkina Faso's government said on Thursday it was postponing a regional economic summit due to take place in the capital this weekend, after gun battles between police officers and soldiers killed five ... more
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Burkina Faso's Children Educate Children About HIV
Topix - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"At first, many of my classmates were reluctant to join the club, pretending HIV/AIDS is adults' business. Now that they can perceive some of the benefits we get from our discussions, they understand this is their business, too." Thousands of children in Burkina Faso are taking... more
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Hunger spells violence
Topix - Tuesday, April 01, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"They understand it's the only way to get the government to change things. Prices must come down -- otherwise we're heading for a catastrophe." "Is it not said 'A hungry man is an angry man'?" commented Simon Nkwenti, head of a teachers' union in Cameroon, after... more
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Burkina Faso: Flush with new funds for wat/san
Topix - Sunday, March 30, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Even if there are only seven years remaining it's still progress" OUAGADOUGOU, 28 March 2008 - Donors announced in March that they will invest US $1.2 billion into Burkina Faso's water sector, to meet the UN Millennium Development Goals of halving the number of people in... more
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Flush With New Funds for Water and Sanitation
allAfrica.com - Friday, March 28, 2008
onors announced in March that they will invest US $1.2 billion into Burkina Faso's water sector, to meet the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of halving the number of people in the world who lack access to safe drinking water by ... more
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Burkina Faso: Ensuring That the Origin of Life Isn't Also the End of It
Topix - Friday, March 28, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"These public works for potable water will permit us to reduce the incidence of waterborne diseases among people, and to free up time for women so that they can devote themselves to income-generating activities" "Water is the origin of life...I come from Central Africa where we... more
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Burkina Faso: Home of black bags, baobabs and cute kids?
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 27, 2008
p class="MsoNormal">Let’s begin with some old business. From Stephen Davis of Voice in the Desert : His book Sophie and the Albino Camel is up for the Norfolk Shorts shortlist of books under 150 pages. (For some reviews of Sophie and the Albino Camel, check here... more
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ECOWAS, UEMOA hold workshop for civil society in Burkina Faso
Topix - Wednesday, March 26, 2008
p> A three-day workshop to to familiarise the civil socie ty in West Africa with the new vision of ECOWAS and the Economic and Monetary Union of West Afri ca and help deepen the regional integration process is due ... via Panapress ... more
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African beatThree police officers on the dangers of patrolling the continent
Topix - Monday, March 24, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"It is only the ranks that differ, that's all. We had the same training and took the same test, so there's no intimidation whatsoever. "My [male] colleagues in the same section consider me as an equal and I'm assigned the same tasks as policemen." The BBC's... more
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Check Point ''Friendships'' Hobble Regional Trade
Topix - Thursday, March 20, 2008
p> ''Give It To God''. These are the words inscribed on the front of the huge truck that goods transporter David Agbalanyo drives between the Ghanaian capital Accra and its northern neighbour, Burkina Faso's ... via Inter Press Service ... more
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Burkina Faso: Meningitis, mask dances and a special horse festival
Global Voices Online - Wednesday, March 19, 2008
p class="MsoNormal">Burkina Faso is the diamond stud near the middle of Africa’s meningitis belt, stretching from Senegal to Ethiopia, containing a population of roughly 300 people. The region’s dusty winds and relatively cool nights from December to June decreases peoples’ immunity to respiratory problems. This, along with the area’s high... more
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Economy
Topix - Tuesday, March 18, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Nigeria, Ghana bourse set for integration" The 5th ECOWAS Trade Fair rounded off in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Saturday with the organisers giving the mandate to host the next edition in 2010 to Cote d'Ivoire. 17/03/2008 full text... Wreckage of missing ... via Panapress ... more
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Civil Society Activists Threaten More Strikes
allAfrica.com - Monday, March 17, 2008
Thousands of protestors marched in Burkina Faso and other towns and cities to protest high food prices on 15 ... more
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Burkina Faso Protesters Call for General Strike
Topix - Sunday, March 16, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Life in Burkina Faso is very difficult. Goods are expensive. Government does not do anything to help citizens. It is why we decided to go on the road and to protest against this way of life in Burkina Faso" Tens of thousands of people in cities... more
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