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Terrorism in Africa: Best way forward is economic development
Representatives from seven African countries met, Tuesday, March 16, in Algiers to assess the security situation in the Sahel-Saharan region. Participants at the conference...
CAN 2010: Young Black Stars shine against Burkina Faso
Ghana needed a win to book their ticket for the quarter finals
of the 2010 African Cup of Nations. The goal was reached thanks to...
CAN 2010: Ivory Coast – Burkina Faso game, a strong warning to Ghana
The Ivory Coast was held to a goalless draw by Burkina Faso (0-0), Monday night in Cabinda. After Togo’s demise, it is now a...
Guinea: Junta and Opposition to meet
According to TV5, the Guinean junta and the coalition of political parties and civil societies have been invited to meet on Sunday in Ouagadougou...
Guinea: Burkina Faso Presidents frustrating mediation efforts
The international diplomatic corps is frustrated by Blaise Compaoré’s attitude in relation to the Guinean political mediation following the junta's decision to run in...
West Africa: A common visa for UEMOA states
The West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) has moved a step closer to establishing a common visa that will allow free movement within...
Guinea: President Compaore to mediate talks with Guinea
President Blaise Compaore, from Burkina Faso is expected to mediate talks today, Tuesday, in Ouagadoudou, between Guinea’s military junta and other political groups. Backed...
Racing in the United States to save lives in Burkina Faso
When Eric Tiénou, a Burkinabé American and avid cyclist based in New York City, learned that devastating flooding in West Africa had killed at...
Burkina: African leaders need 44 billion Euros against global warming
According to France 24, African Leaders at the World Forum on Sustainable Development in Ouagadougou declared on Friday that the continent needs 44 billion...
Burkina Faso: Investors snatch up shares despite meltdown
The surprise success of the first-ever sale of corporate stocks to the public in Burkina Faso has forced a rethink about African attitudes to...
Growing climate related disasters in Africa justify Meles Zenawi’s threats
Over 70 people have been killed and about 430 000 others displaced from their homes after several weeks of torrential rains. The UN fears...
Mysterious mass faintings of girls in a Burkina Faso mixed school
About fifty young girls fainted, Monday, in a mixed high school in Goughin (Burkina Faso), Le Faso.net reports. Several of them showed asthmatic, sinusitis,...
Prostitute! Forced sex through Africa to Europe on a bus
Janny* just arrived in Paris. She is West African, abused, raped, exploited, she thought that her life would be much better in Europe. To...
Ethiopian film maker, Haile Gerima, does it again
It came as no surprise when "Teza" was awarded with the first prize at the 21st Festival of Cinema and Television of Ouagadougou (FESPACO),...
“Thomas Sankara, the struggle is on” opens in Paris
A show inspired by the life and the political action of the former Head of State of Burkina Faso, Thomas Sankara, opens Thursday evening...
Rice is up by 27% in Burkina Faso
The World Food Programme fears up to 75 percent of Burkina Faso's city dwellers may be unable to access adequate food stocks as they...
Football : Moumouni Dagano gets transfer from FC Sochaux to Qatar
Burkinabe international Moumouni Dagano is leaving FC Sochaux for Qatar after three seasons in the French premier league club, sports s o urces said...
Burkina Faso FM, Djibrill Bassole, appointed joint AU-UN envoy on Darfur
Burkina Faso's Foreign Minister Djibrill Bassole has been appointed the joint African Union (AU)-UN special envoy for Sudan, tasked with overseeing the search for...
Football : Burkina Faso thrashes Seychelles in 2010 WC / CAN qualifiers
The Stallions of Burkina Faso Saturday in Ouagadougou thrashed the Pirates of Seychelles 4-1 to retain the pole post in Group 9. With victories...
Football : Burkina Faso beats Burundi
The second week of the joint 2010 World Cup/A frican Cup of Nations qualifiers saw Burkina Faso defeat Burundi 2-0 in a match played...
Sahel: Sahel climate change diary – Day 1
Jan Egeland, the UN Secretary General's Special Adviser on conflict is travelling in the Sahel to bring attention to climate change and conflict
OUAGADOUGOU, 2...
Francophone Africa drama competitions to kick off in December
The first edition of a drama competition among Francophone African nations will hold 11-14 December in Cotonou, Benin's economic capital, organisers said Sunday. Initiated...
BADEA lends to Kenya, Mali, Burkina and Burundi
The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) Monday in Cairo, Egypt, signed four loan agreements with Burkina Faso, Burundi, Kenya and Mali,...
Football : Burkina Faso beats Mali
Burkina Faso's national team defeated their Malian's counterpart 2-1 in a friendly match played by exclusively local players in Bamako on Saturday. The Burkina...
Football : Libya meets Mali and Burkina Faso in friendlies and faces Ghana in qualifiers
Libya's national soccer side, The Greens, will play friendly matches against Mali and Burkina Faso, as part of preparations for the joint 2010 World...
Football priest shocks referee
A footballer priest from Burkina Faso shocked spectators when he angrily threw his shirt at his referee in a match held at the Vatican...
FESPACO new boss assumes duties
The new director general of the Pan-African Festival of Cinema and Television of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), Michel Ouedraogo, assumed duties Friday. A Journalist by profession,...
Saudi Arabia assists Burkina Faso with US$ .5million meningitis vaccines
Saudi Arabia has donated to Burkina Faso, vaccines to help it control meningitis which has already killed more than 200 people in the west...
Riots in Burkina related to high cost of living
Violence spread to the capital, Ouagadougou, early on 28 February as demonstrators took to the streets to denounce the high price of food and...
Demonstration in Ouagadougou
A number of students protested violently Thursday morning in Ouagadougou against price hikes of products of everyday necessity, despite price control measures introduced by...