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Burkina Faso: New schools, village feminism and the shame of all birds
Global Voices Online - Thursday, February 07, 2008
p class="MsoNormal">“February’s already here,” writes new Global Voices Online author Paula Odhiambo in a recent post , “but we’re all still finding our place and getting our footing in 2008. It is bound to be an interesting year, and is already full of great expectations.”
Ditto... more
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African Women Address HIV/AIDS-Related Abuse
Topix - Wednesday, February 06, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Women are the ones who most severely bear [the] brunt of human rights abuse" Hundreds of African women on Monday gathered for a conference in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to discuss issues surrounding violence against women living with HIV/AIDS, their rights and access to antiretroviral ... ... more
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Western demand drives Burkina Faso organic goods
Topix - Sunday, February 03, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"It enables women to improve their standard of living, to care for and educate their children. They (the women) are among the most vulnerable segments of the population." Burkina Faso may be one of the poorest countries on the planet but some of its people are... more
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Meningitis Death Toll Climbs
allAfrica.com - Friday, February 01, 2008
mid warnings of a major meningitis outbreak in Africa this year, epidemic levels of the bacterial infection have broken out in parts of Burkina ... more
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New Zealand asks Thailand to explain refugee hold-up
Topix - Friday, February 01, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"The Thai authorities are treating them in a special way." New Zealand is asking Thailand to explain why it has refused to let a group of refugees from Burma leave the country to start new lives Down Under, a foreign ministry spokeswoman said on Thursday. ... more
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UN-Backed Project to Benefit Some 20,000 Poor Rural Families
allAfrica.com - Thursday, January 31, 2008
new United Nations-backed $19 million project in Burkina Faso will help approximately 20,000 poor rural households bolster their crop production and incomes through improved ... more
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Some $450 Million in Medicines for "Neglected" Diseases
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, January 30, 2008
harmaceutical companies have pledged some US$450 million worth of medicines to Burkina Faso to fight "neglected" diseases that blind or otherwise debilitate millions of people in the country, according to the health ... more
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Burkina Faso: Some $450 million in medicines for "neglected" diseases
Topix - Wednesday, January 30, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"The medicines exist but they are out of reach for those affected." OUAGADOUGOU, 30 January 2008 - Pharmaceutical companies have pledged some US$450 million worth of medicines to Burkina Faso to fight "neglected" diseases that blind or otherwise debilitate millions of people in ... via... more
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Community Policing in Burkina Faso
Global Voices Online - Wednesday, January 30, 2008
p>Earlier this month, QuophyBlogeur wrote about community policing in Burkina Faso , an innovative and promising concept which has thus far proven less than stellar in practice.
This post, I must admit, struck me because this is the kind of story that will almost never make... more
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Idrissa Ouedraogo
Topix - Sunday, January 27, 2008
p> One of the first directors from Burkina Faso, among the world's poorest nations, to gain international attention. via Hollywood.com ... more
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Rachel Rosales and TK Erwin win 12th edition of 'The Amazing Race'
Topix - Friday, January 25, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Nice guys can definitely finish first" Rachel Rosales and TK Erwin finished first in The Last Frontier to win CBS's "The Amazing Race" and the reality TV show's $1-million prize. via 102.9 CKDS-FM ... more
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UC Hub and eSafe Kickoff AFRICARDS Prepaid Visa 'Classic' Card Program in West Africa
Topix - Wednesday, January 23, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Many people in West Africa have never had an alternative to cash. Now, the AFRICARDS(tm) Prepaid Visa Card gives consumers and employers a modern, safe and convenient way to pay" UC Hub Group, Inc and its wholly owned subsidiary eSafe, Inc., announced today that it officially... more
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ANALYSIS: Taiwan gradually being forced out of Africa by PRC
Topix - Tuesday, January 22, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"We have relations with Taiwan which so far we have no reason to call into question." Its largesse may still help prop up the economies of some of the continent's poorest countries, but Taiwan is being slowly squeezed out of Africa as China's presence grows ever... more
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West African leaders approve framework to combat poverty
Topix - Sunday, January 20, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"This will enable the region to fund various statistics development programmes, including capacity building for member states, officials of the Commission and support for training institutions in the region." Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - West African le aders Friday demonstrated their determination to address the pervasive poverty... more
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Gaddafi extols African unity amid Libya expulsions
Topix - Saturday, January 19, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Africa is on the road to perdition and risks returning to the era of tribalism if she continues with the nation-state" Africa risks descending into tribalism unless it creates a continental government, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said on Friday, days after Libya began deporting thousands of... more
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Africa-Bound Pilgrim Plane Aborts Takeoff
Topix - Friday, January 18, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"There were no injuries. The plane was to fly from KAIA to Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, at 7 p.m. local time on a scheduled international Haj flight No. CAE 1001" A Central African plane carrying 233 pilgrims and 15 crewmembers aborted take-off from King Abdul... more
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Concern About Rise in Unwanted Teenage Pregnancies
allAfrica.com - Thursday, January 17, 2008
ach year in Burkina Faso 500 girls experience unwanted pregnancies, many of them going on to abandon their newborn babies in toilets, in rubbish bins and behind ... more
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Burkina Faso: Concern About Rise in Unwanted Teenage Pregnancies
Topix - Thursday, January 17, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Families often don't accept the girls back because of their socio-cultural beliefs. In cases of incest it is even more difficult for girls and parents will refuse to see the baby forever." Each year in Burkina Faso 500 girls experience unwanted pregnancies, many of them going... more
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Who Really Killed Thomas Sankara?
allAfrica.com - Thursday, January 17, 2008
s the Charles Taylor trial continues, African historian Carina Ray looks at the possibility that Taylor was complicit in Sankara's ... more
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'The poor and needy search for water...'
Topix - Thursday, January 17, 2008
p> "...I the Lord will answer them..." I am just back from a flying 4-day trip looking at possible well-drilling sites in half a dozen villages around Gorom-Gorom. I was accompanied by Chuck from Friends in Action ... via Keith ... more
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