Burkina Faso News

“There is a problem in certain parts of the town that are greatly expanding, where there is neither co-ordination nor planning for collective sanitation.”

For some in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, rainy seasons have spelt trouble -- at least from the point of view of sanitation. via Inter Press Service

“The community in Barnegat has been wonderful.”

At first, the shrill of the smoke detector did not panic Christine Doran. She stepped out of her bedroom, still groggy from sleep, to investigate. via Asbury Park Press

“The neat thing is that it was a whole God thing”

This article is courtesy of Mature Living . While some of her friends enjoy retirement and more time with their families, McCall, a single woman who jokingly calls herself an "unclaimed jewel," said several ... via LifeWay

“Africa has a real chance to enter this industry, which is profitable now especially with the price of oil, rising day by day”

Countries: Burkina Faso Topics: Business , Development , Economics , Environment , Technology , International Relations , Agriculture , Industry Languages: French Full Category List Excerpt Last month, Burkina ... via Global Voices Online

When I go to a new place, I almost always end up on a bus. I rode the bus through northern Turkey; I take the bus in Paris; I took a kind of bus-like thing in Myanmar; the buses in Vienna are excellent; and in ... via Los Angeles Times

“The progress has been made possible by the resilient efforts deployed by the Facilitator, President Compaore, as well as by the trust and confidence reposed in him by the parties”

Satisfied by developments in Cote d'Ivoire since the signing of the Ouagadougou Political Agreement, the Peace and Security Council of the African Union has called on political forces and the civil society in ... via Panapress

I love Burkina Faso and her people. Any regular reader of this blog will know that I always try to present the often unseen face of the beauty and wealth of this country. via Keith

“This is indicative of poor management of the Wikimedia Foundation”

The foundation that runs _ and accepts donations for _ the online encyclopedia Wikipedia neglected to do a basic background check before hiring a chief operating officer who had been convicted of theft, drunken ... via KVML

Countries: Burkina Faso Topics: Freedom of Speech , Development , Economics , History , Media Full Category List Excerpt The United Nations Development Programme recently released its 2007/2008 Human ... via Global Voices Online

“The main enemy of our respiratory system is the bad quality of air we are breathing”

Motorbikes in central Ouagadougou. According to a World Bank-funded study, benzine from motorbike fuel is causing 200 new cancer cases every year OUAGADOUGOU, 18 December 2007 - A World Bank funded study shows ... via IRIN

The world is talking. Are you listening? Kangi Alem announces an artists' residency [Fr] in Lome for young francophone African writers. via Global Voices Online

"I hope you are going to preach to us as well...?" It is not an invitation that we often expect, least of all perhaps from an Islamic religious teacher... Yet, it was the village imam who was talking. via Keith

The world is talking. Are you listening? Babilown posts a video [Fr] where the head of an NGO in Ouagadougou describes corruption in Burkina Faso and its causes, while another discusses the situation in Brazil. via Global Voices Online

The African rail network is currently attracting levels of investment unmatched at any time since the basic network was laid between 1850 and 1920 by European colonial powers in order to facilitate trade and ... via Forbes

Etoile Sahel of Tunisia will begin their defence of the African Champions League title against AS Douanes of Senegal or CF Ouagadougou of Burkina Faso during March. via Paddock Talk

“Oh, boy. My dad. My partner. Whaaat am I doing?”

So it turns out that there are a lot more ways than you'd think to fly from Ouagadougou to Vilnius, Lithuania, and it's not easy to get the right one. via Television Without Pity

“AIDS? Malaria? Do we cut refugees? The only thing that's got a blank check is the war in Iraq.”

The Millennium Challenge Corporation, a federal agency set up almost four years ago to reinvent foreign aid, has taken far longer to help poor, well-governed countries than its supporters expected or its ... via New York Times

How would you like to race around the world for a million dollars? With your roommate, cousin, or ex-spouse maybe? That's the idea behind The Amazing Race, CBS's hit reality show in which twelve teams of two ... via BuddyTV

“I heard they make some great pastries”

Last week, Martha's recap left our Amazing Race traveling pals in Ouagadougou , the capital of Burkina Faso. via Gadling

“But very clearly now we are approaching the very key issues. The question of the mobile courts was just a very small step in the whole process”

Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo and rebel leader-turned-Prime Minister Guillaume Soro have met in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou as part of efforts to reunite their divided country. via Voice of America