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Vietnam calls for peace process in Ivory Coast,
... environment, the incipient economic recovery, and the effective mediation role of President Compaore of Burkina Faso. The Vietnamese ambassador welcomed further concrete steps which have been conducted by parties concerned to move forward ...
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African cotton farmers hope for trade breakthrough
... at the bottom who suffer," said Seydou Ouedraogo, who grows cotton near Leo, some 200 km (125 miles) south of Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou. "We just want to be treated equally. It is our only source of income, and only cotton can lift us out ...
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... with the rising cost of food. On Sunday, Kevin Sullivan reported the story of Fanta Lingani from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso . When you consider that Lingni's earnings are less than $10 per month, it puts a few things in perspective. On her way to the ...
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Field Notes: Running Afoul of Mr. X
By Kevin Sullivan Washington Post Foreign Service Sunday, July 20, 2008; 6:25 PM OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso -- He came at us like a hound chasing a squirrel.
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In Africa, One Family's Struggle With the Global Food Crisis
By Kevin Sullivan Washington Post Foreign Service Sunday, July 20, 2008; 6:23 PM LOUDA, Burkina Faso -- All day, Ruth Bamogo hacked at the ground with an iron hoe, trying to coax sorghum out of the hard, red ...
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... this to be a more profitable way of spending the rainy season than working the fields. But this year the Burkina Faso government has built a bridge over the river at Saouga... Before.... ....and after Everyone is happy about the bridge at Saouga - ' ...
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Olympic peace and boundless goodwill for all*
... broadcasters armed with Useless Information about each and every country. Ron MacLean: Here's the team from Burkina Faso. Their flag-bearer has a mole the size of a Malteser on his left buttock. Peter Mansbridge: His aunt in Ouagadougou doubts the ...
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African women hit hardest by global food crisis
... gave the last of her food to the children. "I'm not hungry," she said. In poor West African nations such as Burkina Faso, mealtime conspires against women. They grow the food, fetch the water, shop at the market and cook the meals. But when it comes ...
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Best and worst countries to be in
... h countries? Coz as hideous as things will be in the UK I can't say I'd fancy escaping to Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso ... [etc]
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Africa's women last and least in food crisis
... the children. "I'm not hungry," she said. Mealtime conspires against women In poor West African nations such as Burkina Faso, mealtime conspires against women. They grow the food, fetch the water, shop at the market and cook the meals. But when it ...
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PHOTOS: Scraping By in Ouagadougou
In Burkina Faso's capital city, Fanta Lingani begins her day before dawn. Like many women in West Africa, she struggles to afford food for her family but takes little nourishment for herself.
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Urban poor most at risk from high food prices
The World Food Programme fears up to 75 percent of Burkina Faso's city dwellers may be unable to access adequate food stocks as they struggle to cope with the combined impacts of a bad 2007 harvest and high ...
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By Kevin Sullivan Washington Post Foreign Service Sunday, July 20, 2008; Page A01 OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso After she woke in the dark to sweep city streets, after she walked an hour to buy less than $2 worth ...
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Habitat's needs are persistent
Published: Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, July 18, 2008 at 4:31 p.m. Here's a real estate story that has nothing to do with crunched credit, foreclosures and flips gone wrong.
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San Franciscans weigh renaming sewage plant after Bush
... style="WIDTH: 399px; HEIGHT: 265px" title=""/> US President George W. Bush listens to remarks from Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, July 16, 2008. [Agencies] "What we ...
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Burkina Faso: Urban poor most at risk from high food prices
OUAGADOUGOU, 18 July 2008 - The World Food Programme fears up to 75 percent of Burkina Faso's city dwellers may be unable to access adequate food stocks as they struggle to cope with the combined impacts of a ...
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... on the UN Security Council. The two presidents were discussing Zimbabwe and Darfur among other things. Burkina Faso has qualified for $480 million in U.S. assistance for education and agriculture. I woder if they talked about cotton subsidies too...
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Senate agrees to triple anti-AIDS funding
... children, who understand and appreciate America's generosity." President Bush gestures during a meeting with Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore, Wednesday, July 16, 2008, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ...
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Bush says wants peaceful end to Zimbabwe crisis
... citizens of Zimbabwe, and we hope there's a peaceful resolution soon," Bush told reporters after a meeting with Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore. "I told the president in the meantime our government is looking at sanctions beyond that which ...
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Mugabe says Britain wants to seize country's resources
... of the citizens of Zimbabwe, and we hope there's a peaceful resolution soon," Bush told reporters after meeting Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore.
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