Burkina Faso

Tunisia prevent Burkina Faso

BBC News (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008

Burkina Faso's hopes of reaching the next phase of the 2010 World Cup qualifiers is on hold after a 0-0 with Tunisia.

Burkina Faso 1 Tunisia 1

Under the Acacias (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008

The game has just finished at the Stade 4 Aout in Ouagadougou. And that effectively guarantees Burkina's progress to the next stage of the World Cup qualifiers, having won their previous 3 matches, putting them top of their table. While...

Birds of Oudalan 4

Under the Acacias (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008

A few more photos of birds from the province of Oudalan in the north of Burkina Faso: 1 and 2 - Abdim's Stork 3. Southern masked weaver on its nest. 4 Another weaver bird 5. Black-headed heron Follow the links...

President Compaoré names new cabinet in Burkina Faso

Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - President Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso Wednesday appointed, by decree, a new cabinet of 28 ministers and six deputy-min isters.

Four Namibian Referees Selected for WC Match

All Africa (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008

FOUR Namibian football referees will officiate at the 2010 World Cup qualifier between Burkina Faso and Tunisia on 06 September in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

African preview: Top teams chase places in last qualifying round

International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008

Burkina Faso and Cameroon will be guaranteed progress into the last phase of the African zone World Cup qualifiers if they win their qualifying matches at the weekend. The pair will join Nigeria as guaranteed qualifiers for round three of the African preliminaries, which will kick off next year and will decide the five countries to qualify for the 2010 finals in South Africa.

• Top teams chase places in African qualifying - ESPN
• Top teams chase places in last qualifying phase - Reuters UK

Another Milestone for Namibian Referees

All Africa (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008

Four Namibian football referees have been selected to officiate at the important second leg match between Burkina Faso and Tunisia in the 2010 FIFA World Cup preliminaries in Ouagadougou this Saturday.

Oriole Warbler

10,000 Birds (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008

Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps Abuja, Nigeria. July 2008 A West African endemic Oriole Warblers breed from southern Senegal to Cameroon and north Zaire (Benin; Burkina Faso; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte d’Ivoire; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Liberia; Mali; Niger; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Togo http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/52393/all)....

First ever mention of Burkina Faso in American presidential campaign...?

Under the Acacias (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008

Richard Fontaine, a foreign policy adviser for John McCain, while speaking of what foreign aid might look like under a McCain presidency, this week brought up the case of Burkina Faso. Saying that trade, agriculture, and development policies "don't point...

One win will do for African pair

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008

BURKINA Faso and Cameroon will be guaranteed progress into the last phase of the African zone World Cup qualifiers if they win their qualifying matches at the weekend.

• Top teams chase places in African qualifying - ESPN
• Top teams chase places in last qualifying phase - Reuters UK

AU, EC organise forum on media, development

Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Underlining their common vision of the future and development towards a society of shared progress, the commissions of the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU) are organising a three-day forum on 'Media and Development' for academics and professional journalists in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Flying Through Tuesday

Vital Signs Blog (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008

An inescapable flurry of activity this morning (including a speaking engagement at Grace University on the other side of town and business regarding my upcoming trip to Ougadougou in Burkina Faso) will keep me from blogging duties this morning. Sorry. I'll try to make up for my cyberspace absence later today -- but since I'll be taking my Mom to the dentist this afternoon and Claire and I have plans...

Mali, Burkina Faso collaborate against HIV/AIDS

Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008

Bamako, Mali - The Health and Social Services Commission of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (CEDEAO) recently organised a public awareness campaign on HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in the zone of Hérémokono - Koloko at the border between Mali and Burkina Faso, official sources told PANA here.

BURKINA FASO: Six killed and thousands affected by heavy rains

Alertnet (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008

Source: IRIN Heavy rains and violent winds in Burkina Faso have killed six people, wounded 18, and left 4,200 homeless according to the government's National Council for Emergency Aid (CONASUR).

• Six Killed and Thousands Affected By Heavy Rains - All Africa

MR PHILIP SAWADOGO

Dadny crocodile =) (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008

MR PHILIP SAWADOGO BANK OF AFRICA(BOA) BURKINA FASO OUAGADOUGOU - BURKINA FASO. Dear Friend I am the director of the account & auditing depertment of Bank of Africa(B.O.A) here in Ouagadougou,Burkina Faso. In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of US$10.5m dollars in an account belonging to one of our foreign customer. Who died alongside with his entire family on Monday, 31 July, 2000 in a...