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AFRICA/GUINEA - "If talks between the military regime and the opposition fail, ethnic card may ...
... Dadis and the opposition, grouped under the name of "Live Forces". This week, talks began in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) between the two sides, mediated by Burkina's President Blaise Compaore. Yesterday, 20 November, the opposition accused the ... Comment?
Most Opponents of Guinea Military Reject Power-Sharing Plan
... 2009 Photo: AP Guinea's military leader Capt. Moussa Dadis Camara, center, salutes as he stands next to Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore, left, during welcoming ceremonies at the airport in Conakry, Guinea (File) Most opponents of Guinea's ... Comment?
Ticket to world cinema
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... Wanuri Kahiu from Kenya and Zimbabwean Tendeka Matatu. The films are being shown in association with the Burkina Faso-based Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), the biggest film festival in Africa. In fact, it is the ... Comment?
Bringing hope and healing to a hurting world
... projects." The organization's present project is an invitation for those interested in missionary work to visit Burkina Faso, Africa, with a group that will be leaving Moncton in January 2010. Burkina Faso, a country with a population of about 13 ... Comment?
South Africa investigating Guinea mercenary report
... calls for his resignation and probes into the September 28 killings. A January poll now appears less likely and Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore has made little progress in mediating between the junta and the opposition, adding to fears of ... Comment?
West African Mediator to Meet Rivals in Guinea Political Crisis
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Blaise Compaore, President of Burkina Faso Burkina Faso's president will meet again with members of Guinea's military government and its political opponents as part of regional mediation to end the crisis.The two sides remain divided over the composition of a transitional authority. Comment?
National Director of SEMAFO Burkina Elected President of the Burkina...
... Salle, SEMAFO's President and Chief Executive Officer. " Mr. Ouedraogo 's experience, including his tenure as Burkina Faso's Minister of Energy and Mines from 1995 to 2000 will serve him well as he takes on this new role. There is no doubt in my ... Comment?
Barcelona FC Inaugurates a New XICS in Burkina Faso to Offer...
OUAGADOUGOU , Burkina Faso , Nov. 16 /CNW/ - The president of Barcelona FC, Joan Laporta , together with a wide representation of the club's board of directors, has inaugurated a new support centre today in Ouagadougou , the capital of Burkina Faso , that will provide vitally important help for the area's poor children. Comment?
Janice Ann's Journal: Pace students sing national anthem at final home game
... was going to Africa. I called and found out that she will be going to Ouagadougou, which is the capital of Burkina Faso in West Africa and has a million population. She will be working in the U.S. Embassy for a month, handling their public affairs ... Comment?
Ivory Coast finish unbeaten
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... 3-nil in Abidjan. Meanwhile Malawi qualify for only their second Africa Cup of Nations despite losing one-0 to Burkina Faso in Ouagadougou. Gervinho scored twice in the first half and threatened a hat-trick, but it was Siaka Tiene who scored the ... Comment?
... promoted me to being his company's tourism manager at his branch located in beautiful and sunny Ouagadougou , Burkina Faso. My fears of Friday the 13th, long words and my hatred towards work just flew away in that instant. For some reason i could ... Comment?
... to the national non-profit Dry Tears, which will use the money to build a water well in Nouna, a village in Burkina Faso, which is a landlocked nation that sits above Ghana in western Africa. "We always talk about water, such a simple thing that you ... Comment?
Guinea junta seeks to hold on to power
... government that would keep junta chief Captain Moussa Dadis Camara in place. The proposals were passed to Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore who is mediating in talks with the country's opposition in Ouagadougou, after forces loyal to the junta ... Comment?
Guinea Military Threatens Problems if Current Leader is Forced Out
Captain Moussa Dadis Camara At mediation talks in neighboring Burkina Faso, Guinea's ruling military says there is no way their current leader, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, will relinquish his role in a transitional government. Comment?
Guinea: Opposition Rejects Unity Govt
... junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, as saying the military had asked mediator President Blaise Compaor of Burkina Faso for a unity government to enable everyone to make a contribution to resolving the crisis in Guinea. Asked to comment on a ... Comment?
UN says poorest countries still suffer from high food prices
... before the food price crisis. For example millet in the markets of Bamako, the capital of Mali, Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso and Niamey in Niger were 35, 42 and 21 percent respectively higher than in the corresponding period of 2007. Imported rice ... Comment?
... massacre by the military. Regime representatives are in Ouagadougou for talks with the official mediator, Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore. An aide to junta chief Captain Moussa Dadis Camara ruled out the possibility of the leader going into ... Comment?
Climate change threatens region's most traded crops
... areas," Mr Sere said. At the Seventh World Forum on Sustainable Development held recently in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, African leaders announced a plan to ask the industrialised world to pay developing countries $67 billion a year as part of the ... Comment?
... a broad range of Guinean opposition parties and the CNDD under the mediation of Blaise Compaore, president of Burkina Faso, started earlier this month but there has been no sign yet of how a compromise could be achieved. There have been indications ... Comment?
Burkina Faso leader resisting overtures
Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore posing with Taiwan's Minister of Foreign Affairs James CF Huang in July 2007 during the laying of the first foundation stone of an hospital, in Ouagadougou China's push for political influence and access to the mineral wealth of the African continent has been resisted by some countries such as Burkina Faso ... Comment?