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  1. Friday the 13thRead the original story

    Yesterday | 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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  2. For the love of AfricaRead the original story

    Yesterday | 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

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

    Thursday | 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

  4. 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

  5. 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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    Related Topix: Media, IT Services, Africa, World News

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. Burkina Faso leader resisting overturesRead the original story w/Photo

    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

  11. France offers copies of 500 African films after Burkina Faso deluge

    Sunday Nov 8 | The Daily Star

    OUGADOUGU: French state organization Culturesfrance offered 500 copies of African films to Ouagadougou's film institute Friday, after the Burkina Faso capital was flooded by torrential rains.

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    Related Topix: Africa, World News, Weather

  12. Guinea: Opposition Presents Demands to CompaoreRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 5 | AllAfrica.com

    A coalition of Guinean opposition leaders has presented President Blaise Compaor of Burkina Faso a set of proposals they believe will end the political crisis precipitated by a military takeover in Guinea last December, reports Sidwaya from Ouagadougou.

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    Related Topix: Africa, World News

  13. Riverstone Announces New Gold Zone At KarmaRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 5 | OfficialWire

    Riverstone Resources Inc. is pleased to announce results from the first twenty three Rotary Air Blast drill holes completed on the Company's Karma gold project in Burkina Faso, West Africa.

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    Related Topix: Mining, World News, Africa

  14. S.Africa, Eq. Guinea eye tighter ties on Zuma tripRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 4 | AlertNet

    ... David Lewis) Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, chief of the ruling junta in Guinea, salutes during a ceremony with Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore at the international airport in Conakry October 5, 2009. The ... URL: ...

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    Related Topix: World News, South Africa, Africa, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang, Gauteng, South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

  15. Climate Change Could Create Agricultural Winners And Losers In East Africa, New Study WarnsRead the original story

    Tuesday Nov 3 | Science Daily

    ... particular farming areas." At the Seventh World Forum on Sustainable Development, held recently in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, African leaders announced a plan to ask the industrialized world to pay developing countries US$67 billion a year as part ...

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    Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, World News, Africa

  16. Compaore Chairs Inter-Guinean DialogueRead the original story w/Photo

    Tuesday Nov 3 | Voice of America

    Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore has chaired the first day of mediation talks in Ouagadougou between Guinea's military junta and other political groups.

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

  17. Campaore to Chair Inter-Guinean Dialogue TuesdayRead the original story w/Photo

    Monday Nov 2 | Voice of America

    Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore will Tuesday mediate talks in the capital Ouagadougou between Guinea's military junta and other political groups.

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

  18. Talks on Guinea massacreRead the original story

    Friday Oct 30 | News24

    ... here in Ouagadougou," Fofana added. Publicly raped Four of Guinea's former prime ministers are also in Burkina Faso for the talks: Sidya Toure (1996-1999), Francois Lonseny Fall (2004), Cellou Dalein Diallo (2004-2006) and Lansana Kouyate ...

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

  19. Burkina Faso: New Farming Technique Brings Trees Back to the SahelRead the original story w/Photo

    Saturday Oct 31 | AllAfrica.com

    Yacouba Savadogo is a farmer, community leader and natural resource innovator from the village of Gourma, in the Yatenga Province of Burkina Faso.

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa, Agriculture, Science, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought

  20. Burkina Faso President visits Sudan for talks on Darfur

    Friday Oct 30 | Sudan Tribune

    Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore today started a two-day official visit to Sudan where he will hold talks with the Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir on Darfur conflict The visit is part of the distinguished relations between the two countries and tends to coordinate between the two sides in the issues of mutual concern," said Haydar ...

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    Related Topix: Africa, World News, Blaise Compaore