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  1. Programme evaluation training for health professionals in francophone ...Read the original story

    6 hrs ago | CiteULike

    ... calls for having more professionals who are skilled in evaluation. Thus, the Universite de Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) and the Universite de Montreal (Canada) have partnered to establish, in Burkina Faso, a master's-degree programme in population and ...

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    Related Topix: Africa, World News

  2. In photos: Saturday shopping starts slow, picks up as day goes on at Birmingham-area mallsRead the original story w/Photo

    Yesterday | Birmingham News Online

    Angie Denton of Hoover is one of the early-bird shoppers Saturday, Dec. 29, 2009, at the Belk store at the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover.

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    Related Topix: Birmingham, AL, Hoover, AL, Dori, Burkina Faso, Seno, Burkina Faso, World News

  3. Volta Resources' first 3 holes completed on its Kiaka project, Burkina FasoRead the original story

    Friday | MBendi

    Volta Resources Inc. announces the results from the first 3 holes completed on it's Kiaka Gold Project, located approximately 120 kilometres southeast of Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso.

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    Related Topix: Africa, World News, Randgold Resources, Mining

  4. Copenhagen, Bella Center the future energy of Africa may be a oecarbon negativeaRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday Dec 18 | PR-inside.com

    Ankur Biomass Gasifier in Burkina Faso presented during a EU Site Event at the Bella Center on Copenhagen climate talks 2009-12-18 21:44:33 - Burkina FASO presenting first CDM Project based on small scale gasification Based on the pyrolysis technique of an Indian company, Henri Koubizara, the major of the City of Po near by the border of Ghana ...

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    Related Topix: Africa, World News, Alternative Energy, Energy, Biomass

  5. Burkina Faso: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2009 Article IV ConsultationRead the original story

    Friday Dec 18 | AllAfrica.com

    On December 14, 2009, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund concluded the Article IV consultation with Burkina Faso.

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    Related Topix: Africa, World News, Agriculture, Science

  6. Copenhagen Sketch: Mother earth heading for nul pointsRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 17 | The Independent

    ... pronounce his name. And if you think that's embarrassing, spare a thought for Blaise Compaore, the president of Burkina Faso, who was welcomed to the lectern with the words: "I'm terribly sorry if I've misspelt your name, your excellency" (he ...

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  7. Heading for nul points newRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 17 | The Independent

    ... pronounce his name. And if you think that's embarrassing, spare a thought for Blaise Compaore, the president of Burkina Faso, who was welcomed to the lectern with the words: "I'm terribly sorry if I've misspelt your name, your excellency" (he ...

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    Related Topix: Africa

  8. World Cup 2010: football culture around the worldRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 17 | Telegraph.co.uk

    ... Alistair Berg. A riot policeman shares the moment of euphoria as supporters spill on to the pitch to celebrate Burkina Faso qualifying for the semi-finals of the African Cup of Nations (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 1998). Picture: ALISTAIR BERG ...

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  9. Coping with climate change: Q+A with UN humanitarian chiefRead the original story w/Photo

    Nov 16, 2009 | AlertNet

    ... over and over again, they will have to be moved. It's happening as we speak in Ouagadougou (the capital of Burkina Faso), which now floods in a way it never did before. Government is saying to people, 'We won't allow you to go back and live in that ...

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    Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought

  10. Guinea: Junta Warns of Attack on Peace TroopsRead the original story

    Tuesday Dec 15 | AllAfrica.com

    ... we do not envisage at this point in time." During a marathon meeting throughout Sunday night in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on the Guinean situation, the International Contact Group on Guinea (ICGG) decided to begin working out modalities for the ...

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    Related Topix: Africa, Guinea, World News, Forecariah, Guinea, Conakry, Guinea

  11. Guinea: End of Crisis Is Not ImminentRead the original story

    Tuesday Dec 15 | AllAfrica.com

    ... pressure to bear on Dadis Camara to participate in talks in Ouagadougou, chaired by President Blaise Compaor of Burkina Faso, on how to return the country to democracy. Compaor first proposed that Camara be left to lead the country for the remainder ...

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    Related Topix: Africa, Guinea, World News, Forecariah, Guinea, Conakry, Guinea

  12. IMF Executive Board Completes Fifth Review Under PRGF with Burkina...Read the original story

    Monday Dec 14 | International Monetary Fund

    The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund today completed the fifth review of Burkina Faso's performance under an economic program supported by a Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility arrangement.

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  13. Guinea: Junta rejects proposal for foreign troopsRead the original story

    Monday Dec 14 | Clover Herald

    ... of Camara, the groups said. Guinea: Junta rejects proposal for foreign troops By BRAHIMA OUEDRAOGO OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso Guinea's military leadership on Monday rejected a proposal from a regional group to bring in foreign troops to prevent ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa, Guinea, Forecariah, Guinea, Conakry, Guinea

  14. African bodies call for security force to head to GuineaRead the original story

    Monday Dec 14 | Earth Times

    Nairobi/Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - The African Union and West African body ECOWAS are proposing sending an international security force to crisis-hit Guinea, according to a statement sent out Monday.

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    Related Topix: Africa, Guinea, World News

  15. West Africa: Region to Intervene Militarily in Guinea?Read the original story

    Monday Dec 14 | AllAfrica.com

    At the end of a meeting of the International Contact Group on Guinea in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on Sunday, the group issued a communiqu repeating an earlier call on the Economic Community of West African States to establish what it called "an international observation and security mission composed of civilians and the military to help provide ...

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    Related Topix: Africa, World News, Guinea-Bissau

  16. news briefsRead the original story

    Monday Dec 14 | TulsaWorld.com - Community

    ... an impoverished area awash with firearms, outlaws, political warlords and Muslim insurgents. 6 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso African economic group wants troops in Guinea West Africa's regional economic body called Sunday for troops to be sent to Guinea ...

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  17. ECOWAS Leader Calls for Intervention Force in GuineaRead the original story

    Sunday Dec 13 | Voice of America

    ... the shooting of the country's military leader. Talks to resolve Guinea's political crisis resumed Sunday in Burkina Faso. The secretary general of the Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, says Guinea needs a regional intervention ...

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    Related Topix: Africa, Blaise Compaore

  18. Bloc warns of deep crisis in Guinea

    Sunday Dec 13 | Independent Online

    ... president of the Ecowas commission which co-ordinates the regional bloc's activities, said. He spoke in Burkina Faso where Guinea's military junta and civilian opposition are holding talks with mediators, a week after the top bauxite exporter's ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa, Guinea-Bissau

  19. Wayzata QB to visit Russian orphanage where he used to liveRead the original story

    Sunday Dec 13 | KARE-TV Minneapolis

    The starting quarterback for Wayzata High School is giving back to the Russian orphanage he lived for more than three years.

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    Related Topix: High School Football, Minnesota High School Football

  20. Guinea: W.African bloc calls for preventive troopsRead the original story

    Sunday Dec 13 | KXMA-TV Dickinson

    Eds: APNewsNow. Will be led. OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso West Africa's regional economic body is calling for troops to be sent to Guinea to prevent violence after an assassination attempt against the military leader.

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