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Burkina Faso: Flooding updae
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p> Voice in the Desert updates us on severe flooding in Gorom-Gorom, Northern Burkina Faso, where about 8,000 people have lost their homes.
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Burkina Faso: Gorom-Gorom Food Distribution
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p>Recently, floods unleashed havoc in northern Burkina Faso, rendering thousands of people homeless in Gorom-Gorom. A missionary blogger, Keith Smith who’s been working for over a decade among Fulanis in the arid region, quickly mobilised support for the victims. He now gives an update of the effort that was to... more
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Sports, Health and Politics in West Africa
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p>We begin this week’s blog round-up with sports. The Trials & Tribulations of a Freshly-Arrived Denizen…of Ghana blogs about the selection of a new coach for Ghana’s senior national football team, amongst other issues: As the Week Draws to a Close in Accra:: Regulation? What Telephone Regulation?;... more
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West Africa: this year’s rain has killed thousands
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p>Black Looks reports that flash floods have left thousands of people homeless in West Africa .
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Torture in Gambia, “Militocracy” in Africa, Press Freedom and Dirty Water and Gold
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p>We begin this week’s West African blogs round-up with a post in a Gambian blog, Home of the mandinmories , about a Gambian soldier being “Coerced, and tortured” over an alleged coup plot:
Browsing through the Point today, a story on the court martial... more
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Flood in Burkina Faso, Power supply in Ghana and an Idyllic Transfer of Power Turned Sour
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p> Under the acacias blogs about a recent flood in Burkina Faso - Update on Gorom-Gorom flood and emergency aid :
The Broken Dam
I went to see the dam on Wednesday. It is about 1km long, mostly built of stone... more
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Africa: LGBTs issues in Africa
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p>Black Looks writes about current development in LGBTs issues in Africa , “The Kenyan Times published an article in support of the South African Bill and states that it does not believe that homsexuality is “unAfrican” which in itself is quite a leap forward as that is one of... more
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Burkina Faso: Ouaga 2000
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p>Togo-based Expat French blogger Marie visited Ouaga 2000, a neighborhood in Burkina Faso’s capital of which she writes (Fr): “ Ouaga 2000 is a neighborhood in which you find only mansions … There, you don’t feel like you are in [Burkina Faso capital] Ouagadougou. The mansions are built by... more
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Bloggers in West Africa, harsh migration, low bandwidth and Who Killed Deyda?
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p>We get to know more about two bloggers in West Africa this week. Keith Smith in Burkina Faso shares his photos, and George Ngwane in Cameroon re-publishes an interview with a local newsmagazine.
Blogger, Keith Smith, has been a missionary in Burkina Faso since 1989 and has been blogging... more
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The Shadowy World of 419, Posing With a Crocodile And Santa Claus in Ouagadougou
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p>What happens when scammers go digital? The result is the shadowy world of 419. Scribbles from the Den , a Cameroonian blog, has a post about these scammers “I Go Chop Your Dollar”: 20/20 Goes into the Shadowy World of Nigerian Internet Scammers :
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Burkina Faso: conflict between the army and the police
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p> What exactly happened last week in Ouagadougou ?, “In Ouagadougou yesterday, there was a conflict between the police and the army, which led to several policemen killed. Apparently shooting was heard throughout the day and into the night.”
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Burkina Faso: army-police dispute
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p>The Head Heeb asks whether we are experiencing another Sahel domino : “As the year draws to a close, another Sahelian country is dealing with growing unrest. This time, the warning signs are coming from Burkina Faso, where a simmering army-police dispute erupted into pitched battles on the streets... more
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Burkina Faso Arms Inquiry Urged
Human Rights Watch - Thursday, March 15, 2007
Weapons Transferred Illegally to Rebels in Sierra Leone, Angola
The president of Burkina Faso should order an independent inquiry into serious charges that his country has facilitated illegal arms transfers to rebel forces in Sierra Leone and ... more
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Burkina Faso - Topix.net
Topix - Thursday, March 15, 2007
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A life of abject poverty and hopelessness
Topix - Thursday, March 15, 2007
wo extremes of my life keep clashing in my mind. One is the arrival of spring in Marin - fruit trees in bloom everywhere, blossoms on every plant in my front garden. Comment ... more
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An Abidjan double-act
Topix - Thursday, March 15, 2007
eisure Regulars Nick Kotch 11 March 2007 11:59 Cote d'Ivoire's grand old man, Felix Houphouet-Boigny, had a prodigious stock of aphorisms, but one of his favourites was "peace is not a word, it's a way of ... Comment ... more
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from rebel chief to PM
Topix - Thursday, March 15, 2007
vory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo is planning to offer rebel chief Guillaume Soro the job of prime minister to resolve a long-standing political crisis, one of his aides said. Comment ... more
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Ban Ki-Moon Calls On World to Be Ready to Help Consolidate Peace Accord
Topix - Thursday, March 15, 2007
ollowing the signing of a peace agreement between the rival leaders in Cte d'Ivoire, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling on the international community to be ready to provide key help in ... Comment ... more
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Cote d'Ivoire to begin new round of "direct dialogue" after peace deal
Topix - Thursday, March 15, 2007
ote d'Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo on Tuesday sent his envoy to the central city of Bouake for a new round of "direct dialogue" with the New Forces group after the two sides signed a recent peace deal, the ... Comment ... more
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St. Egidio community brokers peace deal in Ivory Coast
Topix - Thursday, March 15, 2007
resident Laurent Gbagbo of Ivory Coast has promised to do everything in his power to implement a peace agreement signed earlier this month with rebels in the African country. Comment ... more
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