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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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Burkina Faso: foreign, local and international incidents
Global Voices Online - Wednesday, January 16, 2008
p class="MsoNormal">Just a few weeks into the New Year and normally placid Ouagadougou observed its first sensational crime of 2008. A Lebanese man allegedly killed a local Burkinabé money changer during a business deal gone wrong. By the time the victim’s body was discovered Friday morning, the alleged murderer, his... more
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Cote d'Ivoire: Security Council Extends UN Operation for Six Months
Topix - Wednesday, January 16, 2008
p> The Security Council today renewed the mandate of the United Nations Operation in Cte d'Ivoire and French forces supporting it until 30 July so the world body can support the holding of free, open, fair and ... via AllAfrica.com ... more
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Ghana 2008 - Second Camping Opens for Lions January 9 in Burkina Faso
allAfrica.com - Monday, January 14, 2008
fter the first training session with the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon some time in October 2007 in Germany, Head Coach, Otto Pfister, effectively, began the second and last phase of his preparation for CAN 2008 on Wednesday, January 9 in Ouagadougou, Burkina ... more
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Fund Launched for Poor Countries Struggling With High Food Prices
allAfrica.com - Monday, January 14, 2008
he UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched a multi-million dollar fund for import-dependent poor countries to help adapt their farming industries quickly to cope with galloping global food ... more
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GLOBAL: Fund launched for poor countries struggling with high food prices
Topix - Monday, January 14, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"We have appealed to our multilateral and bilateral partners to mobilise their resources ... and our hope is that this mechanism will be operational between March and July this year so that the next harvest benefits from it." The UN Food and Agriculture Organization has launched... more
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AFRICA/TOGO - New Bishop of Atakpame appointed
Topix - Sunday, January 13, 2008
p> The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 9 January 2008, appointed as Bishop of Atakpame Rev Mgr. via Fides News ... more
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Burma's long-neck women struggle to break out of Thailand's 'human zoo'
Topix - Friday, January 11, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"When we first came, we didn't know anything. In Burma, we had to work really hard and when we moved here (we worked hard) too. We don't know they are getting money from the tourists, we (couldn't) speak English or Thai" ZEMBER was a poster child... more
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Riverstone Doubles Size of Main Gold Zone at Kao
Topix - Wednesday, January 09, 2008
p> Riverstone Resources Inc. is pleased to report final results from the Phase 3 drill program recently completed on its Kao Exploration Permit in Burkina Faso, West Africa. via Market Wire ... more
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Holidays in Burkina Faso: Days off and good traveling
Global Voices Online - Tuesday, January 08, 2008
p class="MsoNormal">For foreigners living and blogging in Burkina Faso, this year’s clustering of Christian and Muslim holidays not only provided a countless number of days off, but gave people the chance to do some good traveling.
Charlie from Blooming Desert tried to make the best of both... more
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Profile: Charles Taylor
Topix - Monday, January 07, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Jesus Christ was accused of being a murderer in his time." Charles Taylor - preacher, warlord and president Former Liberian leader and war crimes suspect Charles Taylor is going on trial in The Hague - the culmination of a lengthy campaign for him to be brought... more
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Goldcrest Continues to Expand Mineralization at its Gaoua Copper-Gold Project
Topix - Friday, January 04, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"We look forward to further delineating this mineralization as quickly as possible working towards a resource calculation in 2008." TORONTO, Jan. 4 /CNW/ - Goldcrest Resources Ltd. , is pleased to report that assay results from the final six diamond drill holes have identified new target... more
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'Sanitation Costs a Lot, But It's Not a Luxury'
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, January 01, 2008
or some in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, rainy seasons have spelt trouble -- at least from the point of view of ... more
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Development-Burkina Faso: 'Sanitation Costs a Lot, But It's Not a Luxury'
Topix - Tuesday, January 01, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"There is a problem in certain parts of the town that are greatly expanding, where there is neither co-ordination nor planning for collective sanitation." For some in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, rainy seasons have spelt trouble -- at least from the point of view of sanitation.... more
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Community rescues Christmas
Topix - Monday, December 31, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The community in Barnegat has been wonderful." At first, the shrill of the smoke detector did not panic Christine Doran. She stepped out of her bedroom, still groggy from sleep, to investigate. via Asbury Park Press ... more
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'Unclaimed Jewel' Touches West Africa with the Gospel
Topix - Sunday, December 30, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The neat thing is that it was a whole God thing" This article is courtesy of Mature Living . While some of her friends enjoy retirement and more time with their families, McCall, a single woman who jokingly calls herself an "unclaimed jewel," said several ...... more
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Burkina Faso Soon a Biofuel Producer
Topix - Friday, December 28, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Africa has a real chance to enter this industry, which is profitable now especially with the price of oil, rising day by day" Countries: Burkina Faso Topics: Business , Development , Economics , Environment , Technology , International Relations , Agriculture , Industry Languages: French Full... more
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Burkina Faso Soon a Biofuel Producer
Global Voices Online - Friday, December 28, 2007
p>Last month, the Ministry of Agriculture, Hydropower, and Marine Resources and the French company AgroEd signed a framework agreement for developing a biofuels industry in Burkina Faso.
All entire process will take place in Burkina, from the cultivation of plants (cotton, Jatropha , etc.) to the production of... more
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