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Vital Signs Blog (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
The October LifeSharer letter of Vital Signs Ministries will be completed later today (I hope) and in it I review our momentous trip to Burkina Faso. When it's up (on the official VSM website ), I'll provide a link here on the blog. But there's some of Mom's furniture to move and an overgrown lawn to mow before I get back to the desk, so give me a little space. Thanks.
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Morsels & Musings (Free subscription) | yesterday
I won’t leave the confused guessing: Burkina Faso, commonly shortened to Burkina, is a landlocked nation in West Africa, surrounded by Mali, Niger, Benin, Togo, Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. Until 1984 it was known as the Republic of Upper Volta. The 13 million people of Burkina Faso are called Burkinabé and their capital is Ouagadougou. Around 50% are Muslim, 30% Christian and the remaining 20% are traditional...
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Making the Most of the Internet (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Fraud. One out of five! From: Dr Sammie kwame African Development Bank Burkina Faso (ADB) Ouagadougou - Burkina Faso . Dear friend, I am writing to seek your cooperation over this business, please due welcome this letter. I am Dr Sammie kwame the director of the accounts & auditing dept .at the African Development Bank Ouagadougou-west Africa . (A D B) With due respect, I have decided to contact you...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Tunis, August 29, 2008-It has just been announced in Tunis that the Carthage Eagles and Herha Berlin attacker Amine Chermiti, will not play against Burkina Faso on September 6, 2008 in Ouagadougou, in a combined African Cup and World Cup 2010 qualifier.
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
In “Delwende” the African filmmaker S. Pierre Yameogo tackles social injustice in present-day Burkina Faso with grace, economy and exquisitely controlled anger.
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Cuba Journal (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
www.chinaview.cn 2008-10-04 10:15:36 MADRID, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- The General Assembly of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Friday named Spain, Argentina, Cuba and Uruguay to its Board of Governors. According to reports reaching here, Turkey, Romania, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Malaysia and New Zealand will also be part of the 35-member board, IAEA president Gianni Ghisi of Italy said. The...
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News World Today (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
FROM THE DESK MR ANIKO MUDA BANK OF AFRICA.(BOA) Bp 360 ZANGONA YENUGUA 02 4587 OUAGA COMPLEX OUAGADOUGOU -BURKINA-FASO WEST AFRICA Please reply me here. Email: mrani.muda@gmail.com Dear Friend, This message might meet you in utmost surprise, Meanwhile i have sent you this mail before but i did not see your respond i belive that you did not recived it so i have to resend it to you again for your clear...
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Harold Doan & Associates Ltd. (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Statement by the IMF Staff Mission to Burkina Faso Press Release - UN News Center October 2, 2008 An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team, led by Mr. Norbert Funke, visited Burkina Faso during September 17-October 1, 2008 to conduct the third review under the three-year economic program supported by the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF), the IMF's concessional facility for low-income countries....
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Making the Most of the Internet (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Fraud. One out of five! From The Desk Of Mr Sain Musa. Group Bank of Africa, Ouagadougou Burkina Faso . Dear Friend, I am Mr Sain Musa Bill and exchange manager of foreign remittance department of B.O.A Bank Of Africa here in Burkina Faso Ouagadougou .In my department I discovered an abandant sum of $11.5M(Eleven Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in an account that belongs to one...
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The J-Walk Blog (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
I've learned quite a bit from reading The Onion's Our Dumb World: Atlas of the Planet Earth . For example, what's the most illiterate country in the world? It's Burkina Faso , a country I'd never even heard of. The United Nations Development Program Report used to place Burkina Faso as the most illiterate country in the world, with only 12.8% in 1990. With the consistent effort of the government in...
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Vital Signs Blog (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
We made it to Ouagadougou. All of the luggage with the supplies we packed made it too. We are very busy and the internet connection is tenuous so I will not be able to blog from Ouagadougou this week. We will return late Monday, October 6th. We have already met with the American ambassador to Burknia Faso; toured, presented gifts and helped at an orphanage and continue to prepare for the festival....
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Physorg (Free subscription) | 28/09/2008
A solar panel lies on the roof of Pierre Guissou's home in Burkina Faso, feeding power to his water heater and allowing his family to take precious hot showers in a country where most homes lack electricity.