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  1. AFRICA/GUINEA - "If talks between the military regime and the opposition fail, ethnic card may ...Read the original story

    Saturday Nov 21 | Fides News

    ... 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 ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa, Guinea, Forecariah, Guinea, Conakry, Guinea, Blaise Compaore, Lansana Conte

  2. Most Opponents of Guinea Military Reject Power-Sharing PlanRead the original story

    23 hrs ago | Voice of America

    ... 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 ...

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

  3. Ticket to world cinemaRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday Nov 19 | The Hindu

    ... 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 ...

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    Related Topix: Arts, Cinema, World News, Africa

  4. Bringing hope and healing to a hurting worldRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 19 | The Victoria Star

    ... 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 ...

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  5. South Africa investigating Guinea mercenary reportRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 18 | SABC News

    ... 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 ...

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    Related Topix: World News, South Africa, Africa, Guinea

  6. West African Mediator to Meet Rivals in Guinea Political CrisisRead the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday Nov 18 | Voice of America

    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.

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa, Guinea, Blaise Compaore, Umaru Yar'adua, Forecariah, Guinea, Conakry, Guinea

  7. National Director of SEMAFO Burkina Elected President of the Burkina...Read the original story

    Tuesday Nov 17 | Canada NewsWire

    ... 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 ...

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    Related Topix: Mining, World News, Africa

  8. Barcelona FC Inaugurates a New XICS in Burkina Faso to Offer...Read the original story

    Monday Nov 16 | Canada NewsWire

    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.

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  9. Janice Ann's Journal: Pace students sing national anthem at final home gameRead the original story

    Saturday Nov 14 | The Lufkin Daily News

    ... 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 ...

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  10. Ivory Coast finish unbeatenRead the original story w/Photo

    Saturday Nov 14 | BBC Sports

    ... 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 ...

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  11. Friday the 13thRead the original story

    Friday Nov 13 | Associated Content

    ... 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 ...

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  12. For the love of AfricaRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 12 | MDJonline.com - Marietta, Georgia

    ... 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 ...

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    Related Topix: Non-Profit, World News, Africa, Mouhoun, Burkina Faso, Nouna, Burkina Faso, Marietta, OH

  13. Guinea junta seeks to hold on to powerRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 12 | Raw Story

    ... 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 ...

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

  14. Guinea Military Threatens Problems if Current Leader is Forced Out

    Wednesday Nov 11 | Voice of America

    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.

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa, Guinea, Blaise Compaore

  15. Guinea: Opposition Rejects Unity GovtRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 11 | AllAfrica.com

    ... 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 ...

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  16. UN says poorest countries still suffer from high food pricesRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 11 | People's Daily Online

    ... 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 ...

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    Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought

  17. Guinea junta want talksRead the original story

    Sep 15, 2009 | News24.com

    ... 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 ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa, Guinea, Blaise Compaore

  18. Climate change threatens region's most traded cropsRead the original story

    Monday Nov 9 | Daily Monitor

    ... 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 ...

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    Related Topix: Agriculture, Science

  19. Guinea to shrug off sanctionsRead the original story

    May 6, 2009 | News24.com

    ... 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 ...

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

  20. Burkina Faso leader resisting overtures

    Sunday Nov 8 | Gulf Times

    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 ...

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    Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Taiwan, Africa, China, Asia, Blaise Compaore, Wen Jiabao, Sao Tome and Principe