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November 6
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West Africa: Militant Kidnappings Grow in Burkina Faso, Niger
Aid agencies have stepped up security measures in Burkina Faso and Niger as the threat of kidnappings by Islamist groups mounts. Read more »
October 30
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Burkina Faso: Preventing Conflict Between Farmers and Herders
As violent incidents between animal breeders and sedentary farmers soar across northern and eastern Burkina Faso, the Ministry of Animal Resources has been holding a series of... Read more »
October 19
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Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso-Niger - ICJ Completes Hearings On Border Dispute
Ordinary people in two of West Africa's poorest countries stand to gain if conflict is avoided and a long-standing border dispute is resolved amicably: As hearings at the... Read more »
October 4
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Mali: 'We Cannot Live Under the Law of Strangers'
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) estimates some 107,000 Malians, most of them Arabs and Tuaregs, fled across the border to Burkina Faso, many leaving as early as February when the... Read more »
September 20
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West Africa: Stability Vital to Region
More than a year after civil unrest broke out in Burkina Faso, observers and analysts say despite some progress, and sustained support for President Blaise Compaoré, tension... Read more »
September 19
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Burkina Faso: A Beacon of Stability? [analysis]
More than a year after civil unrest broke out in Burkina Faso, observers and analysts say despite some progress, and sustained support for President Blaise Compaoré, tension... Read more »
September 18
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Burkina Faso: Low-Cost Steps for Long-Term Food Security
From rocks hemming in water on farms to large surface reservoirs for irrigation, farmers in northern Burkina Faso, where recent good rains have turned dry fields into lush... Read more »
August 31
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Burkina Faso: Gold Rush Hits Education
A boom in Burkina Faso's gold mining over the past three years has made the country one of Africa's leading producers, but it is also luring children - some as young as six - out... Read more »
August 14
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Mali: Food for Refugees Will Run Out in September
Agencies cannot cope with the scale of refugee needs in camps across Mali, as their funding shortfalls are too great: 36 percent at the World Food Programme (WFP) 66 percent in UN... Read more »
March 29
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West Africa: Hunger Affecting 10 Million as Dry Season Approaches
Hunger has come again to the Sahel. "Since yesterday I have only drunk water," said Houley Dia, 60, a widow who lives in Houdallah, a village of the Fula ethnic group in southern... Read more »
March 12
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Burkina Faso: Fragile Calm Prevails One Year After Protests
One year on from the start of several months of popular revolts in Burkina Faso, the situation has settled down, but the calm is fragile, say observers. Read more »
February 29
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West Africa: Government Wants More Aid for Refugees
With nearly 20,000 Malian refugees now in Burkina Faso, according to Burkina Minister of Communications Alain Traore, and up to 800 more crossing the border each day, the... Read more »
February 24
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Mali: Refugee, IDP Numbers Rise As Fighting Continues
Refugee numbers are rising daily in countries bordering Mali as fighting rages between the Malian army and the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), which is... Read more »
February 10
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West Africa: Thousands of Touaregs Flee Into Burkina Faso
At least 8,000 Touaregs fleeing fighting in neighbouring Mali have found refuge in Burkina Faso, having arrived "in a dire humanitarian condition", the government said yesterday. Read more »
January 5
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West Africa: Thousands of Children Trafficked, Says Report
A new report on child migration in West Africa says thousands of children are being sold, exchanged or transported out of their communities each year in violation of... Read more »
November 17, 2011
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Burkina Faso: "Blue Revolution" Needed to Boost Dry-Season Harvest
The Burkina Faso government is attempting for the first time to implement a nationwide dry-season agricultural campaign to counteract possible food insecurity in areas that... Read more »
August 3, 2011
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Cote d'Ivoire: Brotherhood of Protectors or Assailants?
On the 76km stretch of road between Man and Duékoué in western Côte d'Ivoire are several makeshift stalls where men in traditional hand-woven clothes, carrying... Read more »
August 2, 2011
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Burkina Faso: The Power of Local Foods
In remote villages of northeastern Burkina Faso families are using and selling vegetables and dairy products well past gardening and milk-production seasons thanks to some simple... Read more »
May 13, 2011
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Burkina Faso: Texting to Help Child Domestic Workers
Naba Wangré, manager of the child labour project at the Burkina Faso Red Cross, sends bluntly worded text messages to government officials, employers, traditional leaders,... Read more »
April 28, 2011
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Burkina Faso: What Next for Compaoré? [analysis]
President Blaise Compaoré is increasingly cornered, and must adopt a series of urgent reforms to avoid further waves of unrest in the country, say West African analysts. Read more »
December 7, 2010
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Africa: New Vaccines Key to Lowering Child Mortality
Burkina Faso has become the first country to introduce a meningitis vaccine designed specifically for the African continent, where up to 450 million people are at risk from the... Read more »
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