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All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
A two-day sub-regional durbar, to deliberate on the issues of trade between Ghana and Burkina Faso, has been held at Navrongo in the Kassena-Nankana District of the Upper East Region.
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World Food Program (Free subscription) | yesterday
Three years and four jobs after college graduation, Hunter Willis realized he wasn't happy in the corporate environment. He was looking for something more fulfilling when he went to a church service and heard a speaker talk about life in one of the poorest nations in the world. (..) For a month, he lived in Burkina Faso, a nation with the lowest literacy rate in the world, a country where one of every...
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News On Women (Free subscription) | yesterday
President Barack Obama intends to nominate Gayleatha Beatrice Brown to be Ambassador to Burkina Faso. Gayleatha, who holds an MA from Howard University, is a career Minister-Counselor of the Senior Foreign Service, and is Ambassador to the Republic of Benin....
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 02/07/2009
On 4 March 2007, the two main actors in the Côte d'Ivoire crisis signed the Ouagadougou Peace Agreement (OPA). The deal initially produced a peaceful atmosphere.
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geo2web.com (Free subscription) | 02/07/2009
How would you eliminate almost half the planet by subtracting just 5% from it? This map shows you how: delete the countries that constitute the bottom 5% of global GDP contributors, and you scrap almost 3 billion people from the equation. Those people mainly live in Africa and South East Asia, as demonstrated by the disappearance of those areas beneath the waves. This map was first shown on the political...
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HAPPI Breaking News (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
It may be called Cosmoprof North America, but the trade show scheduled for Las Vegas next month will have an international flavor. For the seventh consecutive year, beauty and cosmetics companies showcasing their products at Cosmoprof North America will have the opportunity to meet one-on-one as part of pre-scheduled appointments with selected importers and distributors.This International Buyer Program...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
Reported measles infections and deaths are falling in Burkina Faso following nationwide vaccinations earlier this month, according to the Ministry of Health.
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The Economist (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
More elections in Africa do not necessarily mean better governments Every year the African electoral calendar gets more crowded, and every year more posts—from the presidency to town mayorships—are competed for rather than seized or bestowed. This year Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has already seen national elections in South Africa and Malawi, and presidential polls are still scheduled for...
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Musings of The Global Traveller (Free subscription) | 30/06/2009
For those interested here is the full listing of the Flight Connectivity Index (FCI) as at 30 June 2009. Flight Connectivity Index as at 30 June 2009 Country FCI Rank Afghanistan 13 112= Albania 12 116= Algeria 27 60 Andorra 0 189= Angola 21 72= Antigua and Barbuda 15 102= Argentina 24 66= Armenia 19 86= Australia 30 55= Austria 61 14 Azerbaijan 20 79= Bahamas 5 159= Bahrain 31 51= Bangladesh 16 97=...
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Gadling (Free subscription) | 30/06/2009
Filed under: Arts and Culture , History , Learning , Africa , Asia , Europe , Burkina , Cape Verde , China , Laos , Belgium , Germany , United Kingdom The UNESCO World Heritage List has just gotten a lot longer. Officials meeting for the 33rd session of the World Heritage Committee have added more than two dozen sites of great cultural, historical, or natural value to the list, and they're considering...
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Sufiy. (Free subscription) | 30/06/2009
One more forgotten junior is coming out from misery: Volta Resources VTR.to could be a good accumulation idea for summer before gold crossed 1000 USD/oz with all recent developments in the company. Tuesday, June 30, 2009 Volta Resources intersects 41 Metres @ 3.23 Grams per tonne of Gold at its Kampti Gold Project. by Sam Kiri It is always interesting to see companies engaged in the development of...
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ProudToBeCanadian Blog (Free subscription) | 30/06/2009
Former French President Charles de Gaulle observed, “To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.” This wisdom was amplified by Canadian rock super-group Rush, who advised, “If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.” Both axioms are applicable to the set of foreign policy challenges facing U.S. President Barack Obama. The president of the United States...
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Gerry Canavan (Free subscription) | 29/06/2009
Nate Silver demolishes a new talking point that climate change will only reduce global GDP by 5% in one hundred years . Taking that very questionable assumption at face value, Nate writes: Let's see how much of the world we can destroy before getting to 5% of global GDP. The figures I'll use are IMF estimates of 2008 GDP, for all countries bit Zimbabwe where the IMF did not publish a 2008 estimate...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 29/06/2009
In malaria-endemic areas, vitamin A supplements - which cost about 2 U.S. cents each - can help reduce infections in children by one-third, according to a study published in the Malaria Journal, IRIN reports. The study analyzed results from previous studies conducted in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Papua New Guinea since 1995.
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Mad Projects (Free subscription) | 28/06/2009
Greetings, How are you with your family? I hope fine. I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from India , Presently i'm in India, meanwhile I didn't forget your past efforts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how. Now contact my secretary in Burkina-Faso West Africa through her e-mail id...