November 05, 2009
Guinea: Opposition Presents Demands to Compaoré
A coalition of Guinean opposition leaders has presented President Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso a set of proposals they believe will end the political crisis… Read more »
October 31, 2009
Burkina Faso: New Farming Technique Brings Trees Back to the Sahel
Yacouba Savadogo is a farmer, community leader and natural resource innovator from the village of Gourma, in the Yatenga Province of Burkina Faso. Yacouba began to experiment with… Read more »
March 31, 2009
Africa: There Are No Small Soccer Teams on Continent
The 20 teams who took part in last weekend's round of qualifying matches for the 2010 World Cup and African Cup of Nations tournaments experienced mixed fortunes. Read more »
September 05, 2008
Africa: Top Soccer Teams Play Away Games
Many of Africa’s leading soccer teams are playing away games this weekend as the fifth and penultimate round of qualifying matches for the 2010 World Cup and 2010 Cup of… Read more »
December 17, 2007
West Africa: Central Bank in Stalemate as Politics, Tradition Clash
A rift between heads of state of the eight-nation West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) has left the bloc's central bank, BCEAO, with an interim governor for over two… Read more »
November 21, 2007
Burkina Faso: Burkinabe Film Re-Tells Classic Folk Story
Sia, The Dream of the Python is a movie, portraying the classic folk story about sacrifice for the greater good. Burkina Faso filmmaker Dani Kouyate puts a unique twist on the play… Read more »
April 23, 2007
West Africa: Koundandi: A Film About Love and Sacrifice
The image of African women in the media has gone through several positive transformations over the years. African filmmakers are increasingly showing the diversity of African women… Read more »
March 19, 2007
Cote d'Ivoire: New Accord Signals Peace
In a nationwide address on Friday March 9, 2007, Ivoirian President Laurent Gbagbo profusely thanked his colleague from Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré for successfully… Read more »
June 12, 2005
Africa: G8 Debt Agreement to Benefit 23 African Countries; Separate Deal for Nigeria Mooted
The agreement on 100% debt relief for developing countries announced by finance ministers from the eight largest industrial nations on Saturday initially benefits 14 nations in… Read more »
December 03, 2002
Burkina Faso: HIV/Aids' Campaigner Brings New Hope To Sufferers
Mamadou Sawadogo, a nurse from Burkina Faso, is a determined and cheerful optimist. He is also HIV-positive. Sawadogo, 34, became infected with the virus after a needle-stick… Read more »
September 25, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Foreign Schoolchildren Evacuated, Regional Peace Efforts Falter
French troops have rescued 160 mainly American children and staff trapped at an international school in Bouake, the central Ivorian city which has been under control of mutinous… Read more »
September 22, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Mutineers Offered Talks, French Send in Troops
The government in Cote dIvoire announced on state television Saturday night that 270 people had been killed since an attempted coup on Thursday, with another 300 wounded in the… Read more »
September 21, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Immigrants Targeted as Government Vows All-out War Against Dissidents
Anti-immigrant feeling ran high in Cote dIvoire on Saturday, in the aftermath of a bloody military uprising and coup attempt on Thursday. The government blamed the mutiny on a… Read more »
September 20, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Mutineers Ignore Ultimatum as Deadline Passes
The 15h00 GMT deadline, issued by the government of Cote dIvoire for rebel soldiers to lay down their arms, passed on Friday afternoon, with no immediate evidence that the… Read more »
December 12, 2001
Burkina Faso: President Says All with HIV/Aids Should Have Drugs
President Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso opened the 12th International Conference on AIDS and STDS (Sexually Transmitted Diseases) in Africa (ICASA) on Sunday 9 December in the… Read more »
March 04, 2001
Africa: Coveted Fespaco Prize Goes to Moroccan Director
The moving and gut-wrenching tale of survival among a group of grubby, smelly street children in Casablanca, Morocco - who beg, sell cigarettes and homemade shell necklaces, sniff… Read more »
March 03, 2001
Africa: Tensions Cloud Last Days of Film Festival
The 17th edition of Fespaco, the pan African festival of film and television in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - and the largest such event on the continent -- is coming to the end… Read more »
March 01, 2001
Africa: 'Journey to Ouaga': A Comedy - and a Tragedy
Voyage a Ouaga (Journey to Ouaga) is the title of a movie in competition at the 17th edition of the pan African film festival in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. It is a comedy about a… Read more »
Africa: The Other Reason for Going to Fespaco - to Shop
Africans from all over the continent, and visitors from other parts of the world, have converged in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso this week, to attend the 17th edition… Read more »
February 27, 2001
Africa: Fespaco Gears Up With Two Movie Hits
The 17th pan-African film and television festival, which opened in the Burkinabe capital Ouagadougou on Saturday, came into its own on Monday night. The festival was in full… Read more »
February 26, 2001
Africa: Ai Keita Yara - From Queen to Soothsayer, From Celluloid to Video
You cannot miss Ai Keita Yara. She could easily pass for a queen. She is tall, dark and regal with a commanding presence, just as one would imagine an imposing African monarch of… Read more »
February 25, 2001
Africa: Gala Opening for Africa's Premiere Film Festival
A stunning performance by the Senegalese musical superstar, Youssou N'Dour, stole the show at the opening of the 17th edition of the Pan African Festival of Film and Television of… Read more »
February 24, 2001
Africa: Gabonese Film, "The Elephants Balls," Opens Fespaco
The Gabonese director of the movie "Les Couilles de lElephant" (The Elephants Balls), which opens Fespaco 2001, the 17th pan-African festival of film and television, calls his… Read more »
February 23, 2001
Africa: Ouagadougou Opens Its Arms To Africa's Film Community
Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, is putting the finishing touches to preparations for the 17th edition of Fespaco 2001, the biennial Festival of Pan African Film and… Read more »
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