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Dial SOS Circumcision and stop girls being cut
Topix - Friday, September 28, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The last time, when the parents came to ask me, I refused and told them it was against the law, but they kept coming back - three times they hammered on my door and insisted. So I ended up doing it and I was arrested straight away" ... more
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Genital Mutilation - A Knife-Wielder And a Victim Tell Their Tales
allAfrica.com - Friday, September 28, 2007
ith her wrinkled face and toothless smile, Adama Barry does not look like a repeat offender as she shuffles from her cell in Ouagadougou's only ... more
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Dial SOS Circumcision And Stop Girls Being Cut
allAfrica.com - Friday, September 28, 2007
uspect one of your neighbours is about to put her daughter's genitals under the knife? Call 'SOS Circumcision' and report the impending ... more
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Burkina Faso: Girl's death prompts search for new strategies to fight FGM
Topix - Friday, September 28, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We must innovate. We must find new strategies... We must change the way we give the message." The death of a 14-year-old girl from female genital mutilation/cutting has sparked shock and anger in Burkina Faso, which has been seen as far ahead of other African countries... more
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Girl's Death Prompts Search for New Strategies to Fight FGM
allAfrica.com - Thursday, September 27, 2007
he death of a 14-year-old girl from female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) has sparked shock and anger in Burkina Faso, which has been seen as far ahead of other African countries in the fight against the ... more
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Gbagbo to meet with Burkina Faso community in Cote d'Ivoire
Topix - Thursday, September 27, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"This unprecedented and historic meeting is an opportunity for the two sides to iron out their differences" Cote d'Ivoire's President Laurent Gbagbo is scheduled to meet with representatives of the Burkina Faso community in the country in order to thrush out differences and foster mutual understanding.... more
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AFRICA - Flood emergency in Africa continues: harvests destroyed,...
Topix - Tuesday, September 25, 2007
p> The devastating flood emergency continues in many different parts of Africa. Some 20 African countries have been affected by torrential rainfall since July. via Fides News ... more
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WEST AFRICA: IRIN-WA Weekly Round-up 394 for 15 – 21 September 2007
IRIN - Monday, September 24, 2007
AKAR Friday, September 21, 2007 (IRIN) - CONTENTS:
BENIN: Tens of thousands displaced by floods
CHAD: Floods block aid to displaced families and refugees
COTE D’IVOIRE: Flood damage could slow identification process in north
COTE D’IVOIRE: No war, no peace five years after rebellion
LIBERIA: Go to school or go to... more
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WEST AFRICA: Widespread flooding tests governments, aid community
IRIN - Monday, September 24, 2007
AKAR Monday, September 24, 2007 (IRIN) - When the residents of 680 households in the Burkinabé province of Kouritenga found their homes flooded in early June, they could not have known the significance the incident would hold for the rest of the region and in fact the continent. ... more
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Five Years Into Ivorian Conflict, International Forces Disengage from Front Line
Topix - Monday, September 24, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The political agreements of Ouagadougou, [have brought about ] many positive signs and the situation in this country is more and more quiet, more and more calm" Listen to Wellman report United Nations peacekeepers and French rapid reaction forces are gradually pulling back from front lines... more
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Counting the Damage to Agriculture
allAfrica.com - Friday, September 21, 2007
loods in Burkina Faso have wiped out thousands of hectares of farmland, threatening immediate hunger for at least 3,000 households and are likely to cause long-term problems as subsistence farmers struggle to come to terms with the loss of tools, animals and ... more
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One dead in circumcision rite
Topix - Friday, September 21, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"They are not able to recount their suffering because it is said to be the tradition" A female circumcision rite has turned fatal in Burkina Faso, leaving one young girl dead and seven others hospitalised last week, an agency lobbying against the practice said. via... more
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Goldcrest Resources Ltd. Reports Further Positive Drilling Results...
Topix - Friday, September 21, 2007
p> TORONTO, Sept. 20 /CNW/ - Goldcrest Resources Ltd. , is pleased to announce continuing success from the current diamond drilling program at its Gaoua copper-gold project in southern Burkina Faso, West Africa. via Canada NewsWire ... more
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A cut less cruel
Topix - Thursday, September 20, 2007
p> OUAGADOUGOU From The Economist print edition An attempt to restore sexual sensation to women whose genitals have been cut A QUARTER of a century after the start of campaigns to stop communities from maiming ... via The Economist ... more
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Africa/Burkina Faso - Camillian Vice Province in Burkina Faso...
Topix - Tuesday, September 18, 2007
p> On 8 September in the solemn liturgical feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Camillian Vice Province in Burkina Faso lived a day of great joy and hope and confidence in the future. via Fides News ... more
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China harassed delegates: Chen
Topix - Sunday, September 16, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"I pledge my total loyalty to Taiwan" PLEASE COME IN: Burkina Faso's president said that his country is opening its doors even wider as Taiwanese tourists will no longer need to acquire visas in order to visit By Ko Shu-ling STAFF REPORTER, WITH ... via... more
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Innovation And Education Needed to Head Off Water War
allAfrica.com - Friday, September 14, 2007
unning his fingers over a map of Burkina Faso, stabbing at a dozen vowel-laden names of towns and villages, Abdramane Sow traces out what senior international officials are warning could be the frontline in Africa's next major war. These are all places where local communities have come to blows over... more
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Ecowas Ministerial Delegation Visits Guinea
allAfrica.com - Friday, September 14, 2007
press release issued by ECOWAS Tuesday stated that a Ministerial delegation comprising the Minister of State for Cooperation of Burkina Faso, Minata Samaté-Cessouma, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Nigeria, Bagudu Hirse and ECOWAS President, Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas has paid a one-day visit to Guinea on... more
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Abidjan polls likely in 2008 - electoral body
Topix - Friday, September 14, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Presidential elections should be fixed at the latest 10 months after the voter identification exercise" Long-delayed presidential elections in Ivory Coast could be held by October next year provided a voter listing exercise opens this month as planned, the electoral commission said on Thursday. via... more
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OGC Web Services for GEOSS Demonstrated in International Workshops
Topix - Wednesday, September 12, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Developing the bridge of climate predictions with regional decision makers is a vital step to planning for our future." Six of the nine regional 2007 "The User and the GEOSS Architecture" workshops, organized by the IEEE, ISPRS and OGC have been completed. via TMCnet ... more
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