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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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Cote d'Ivoire's rebel chief meets with French ambassador
Topix - Thursday, March 15, 2007
uillaume Soro, leader of Cote d'Ivoire's rebel group New Forces , has held discussions in its stronghold of Bouake with French Ambassador Andre Janier on the agreement which was signed between Soro and ... Comment ... more
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Ivory Coast rebel chief, official in talks
Topix - Thursday, March 15, 2007
vory Coast's rebel chief Guillaume Soro said he was set to hold talks on Tuesday with state officials on the new government planned to come into effect next month. 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
The United Nations stands ready, and continues to prepare and assist Ivorian parties in implementing rapidly and in a comprehensive manner the many key tasks related to those processes," he adds in his latest ... Comment ... more
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BURKINA FASO: With rising border tensions, local officials meet
IRIN - Thursday, March 15, 2007
ith tensions rising between Niger and Burkina Faso as they accuse each other's security forces of crossing the border to rob and harass villagers, local officials in the area met recently to renew a call for a buffer ... more
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BURKINA FASO: Mass vaccination campaign as scores die of meningitis
IRIN - Thursday, March 15, 2007
ome 1,300 people have been infected with meningitis in Burkina Faso so far this year and 142 of them have died, according to the Ministry of ... more
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BURKINA FASO: Appeal for help to fight meningitis
IRIN - Thursday, March 15, 2007
he government of Burkina Faso on Friday appealed to international donors for US $1.6 million to help finance efforts to combat a deadly meningitis ... more
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BURKINA FASO: Finding the words to talk about HIV
IRIN - Thursday, March 15, 2007
urkinabe songstress Pyane Djire knows that the power of a song is in the story that it tells and as an HIV-positive woman, she is using her music to tell women like herself that they don't need to suffer in ... more
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Africa's top film festival opens
Topix
- Tuesday, February 27, 2007
The majority of the films on show are in French Africa's biggest film festival has opened in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkino Faso, showcasing some of the best films from across the continent. Comment
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Hopes high for African film festival
Topix
- Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Africa's biggest film festival opens today in the capital of Burkina Faso, Ghana, in the hope of reviving the continent's movie industry. Comment
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African realities on big screen at Burkina festival
Topix
- Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Its dusty streets crowded with honking mopeds and languid cyclists, hawkers and street children, Ouagadougou is a far cry from Cannes, Venice or Berlin. Comment
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Investments Against Desertification Deliver the Goods
allAfrica.com
- Monday, February 26, 2007
Experts from the Inter-State Committee to Fight Drought in the Sahel (Comité inter Etats de lutte contre la sécheresse au Sahel, CILSS) are calling on donors to invest further in the fight against desertification in this region, because of the positive economic effects such investment would
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BURKINA FASO: Meningitis outbreak kills 142
IRIN
- Sunday, February 18, 2007
Some 1,300 people have been infected with meningitis in Burkina Faso so far this year and 142 of them have died, according to the Ministry of
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French diplomat is found shot dead in Ivory Coast
Topix
- Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Diplomatic sources said Michel Niaucel, 53, died of bullet wounds received from his own gun in circumstances that were unclear. Comment
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BURKINA FASO: Fragile democracy being tested
IRIN
- Thursday, January 25, 2007
Clashes last week between the military and police in Burkina Faso's capital underlined the fragile state of democracy in that country, local analysts
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BURKINA FASO: Sahelian cotton farmers on their knees
IRIN
- Thursday, January 25, 2007
The head of a delegation from the main cotton buying company in Burkina Faso, Sofitex, recently met with some 200 local farmers under a mango tree in western Burkina Faso to explain to them that they should expect to get 150 CFA (US 30 cents) a kilo for their next
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Burkina Faso: army-police dispute
Global Voices Online
- Monday, January 22, 2007
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
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Burkina Faso: conflict between the army and the police
Global Voices Online
- Monday, January 22, 2007
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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The Shadowy World of 419, Posing With a Crocodile And Santa Claus in Ouagadougou
Global Voices Online
- Monday, January 22, 2007
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 :
The
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BURKINA FASO: With rising border tensions, local officials meet
IRIN
- Monday, January 22, 2007
With tensions rising between Niger and Burkina Faso as they accuse each other's security forces of crossing the border to rob and harass villagers, local officials in the area met recently to renew a call for a buffer
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