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BURKINA FASO: Arsenic poisoning wells
IRIN
- Monday, January 22, 2007
With signs that people are developing diseases linked to arsenic poisoning, the government said on Thursday that it had turned off pumps to 11 deep-water wells in areas in the north of Burkina Faso where water is particular scarce, adding that it may still have to close down hundreds more
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CPJ calls for charges against journalists to be dropped
Topix
- Sunday, January 21, 2007
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in Burkina Faso to drop criminal defamation charges against two private newspaper journalists over stories on the unsolved 1998 murder of editor Norbert ... Comment
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Africa/Burkina Faso - The missionary path of the Church in Africa:...
Topix
- Sunday, January 14, 2007
To help the Church in Africa in her mission to evangelise, a Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for Africa was held in Rome in 1994 from 10 April to the 8 May, on the theme "The Church in Africa and her ... Comment
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BURKINA FASO: Rally against impunity
IRIN
- Sunday, December 17, 2006
Thousands of people rallied in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, on Wednesday to demand an end to impunity and mark the death of journalist Norbert Zongo, whose murder eight years ago led to constitutional changes that were supposed to improve human rights in the country.
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Media want case re-opened
Topix
- Thursday, December 14, 2006
The International Federation of Journalists has urged Burkina Faso’s government to re-open the court case of the murder eight years ago of a prominent journalist, Nobert Zongo. Comment
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BURKINA FASO: Community programme bites back against malaria
IRIN
- Thursday, December 07, 2006
Zenabou Nikiema smiles gratefully as she breastfeeds her two-year-old son and recalls the night a high fever shook his body until he nearly fell
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Bloggers in West Africa, harsh migration, low bandwidth and Who Killed Deyda?
Global Voices Online
- Wednesday, December 06, 2006
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
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Burkina Faso: Ouaga 2000
Global Voices Online
- Wednesday, December 06, 2006
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
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Community Programme Bites Back Against Malaria
Topix
- Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Zenabou Nikiema smiles gratefully as she breastfeeds her two-year-old son and recalls the night a high fever shook his body until he nearly fell unconscious. Comment
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Opportunities for Africa's newborns
World Health Organization
- Thursday, November 23, 2006
Sub-Saharan Africa remains the most dangerous region in the world for a baby to be born — with 1.16 million babies dying each year in the first 28 days of life — but six low-income African countries, Burkina Faso, Eritrea, Madagascar, Malawi, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania, have
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Chen meets Burkina Faso chief
Topix
- Wednesday, November 22, 2006
TRIP: Chen said he would like to visit the west African state and extended his wish of success for President Compaore's party in next year's parliamentary polls By Ko Shu-ling STAFF REPORTER Tuesday, Nov 21, ... Comment
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Orezone Resources Inc.: Sega Drilling Intersects Strong Gold Mineralization at Depth
Topix
- Tuesday, November 07, 2006
November 06, 2006 -- Orezone Resources Inc. is pleased to announce drill results from a combined core and RC drilling program at its 100% owned Sega project in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Comment
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Etruscan's Youga Gold Project advances to production
Topix
- Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Etruscan's Youga Gold Project advances to production HALIFAX, NS, Oct. 31 /CNW/ - Etruscan Resources Inc announced today that it has received an updated feasibility study for its 90% owned Youga Gold Project ... Comment
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Geophysical Surveys Identify New Targets on the Kampti Gold and Gaoua ...
Topix
- Monday, November 06, 2006
Goldcrest Resources Ltd. , is pleased to report progress on the Kampti and Gaoua exploration projects in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Comment
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New vaccine against meningitis on trial in Gambia, Mali
Topix
- Monday, November 06, 2006
A new vaccine against meningitis has been put on trial in Gambia and Mali and could be introduced in countries considered to be in the meningitis belt by 2008 or latest in 2009, the director of the Meningitis ... Comment
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Kalam backs new solar-powered fridge
Moreover
- Monday, October 30, 2006
RSS Feeds| SMS NEWS to 8888 for latest updates PARIS: An idea that germinated on the dusty streets of Ougadougou, the Capital of Burkina Faso, in the mind of a prominent Indian scientist will finally see fruition this Wednesday when President APJ
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New life sciences study findings reported from University of Greifswald, Faculty of Law
Topix
- Friday, October 27, 2006
Scientists discuss in "Implementing a comprehensive cost information system in rural health facilities: the case of Nouna health district, Burkina Faso" new findings in life sciences. Comment
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Prosecutor Refuses to Reopen Journalist's Murder Investigation
allAfrica.com
- Thursday, October 26, 2006
Reporters Without Borders has said it was stunned by the Burkina Faso public prosecutor's refusal to reopen the investigation into the 1998 murder of journalist Norbert Zongo and three companions on the grounds that the document the organisation gave him on 20 October 2006 did not constitute new evidence as
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RSF Presents New Evidence in Zongo Murder Case
allAfrica.com
- Thursday, October 26, 2006
RSF has asked the Burkina Faso state prosecutor to reopen the investigation into the 1998 murder of journalist Norbert Zongo and three other persons, after providing him with new evidence implicating the president's brother, François Compaoré, and businessman Oumarou
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French Boost to Cotton Sector
allAfrica.com
- Thursday, October 26, 2006
France has stepped in to help boost Burkina Faso's beleaguered cotton sector in the face of low world prices for the commodity and growing malaise to produce
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