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News from Burkina FasoGM Crops: Burkina Faso recently became the first West African country to agree to test genetically modified crops .
Source : Topix.net | 06-Aug-2008 19:00
Sudan asks Burkina Faso to block Bashir's indictment
" Sudan has pressed, the third member in the African group at the U.N. Security Council to support efforts to counter the ICC prosecution of charges of Darfur crimes against president Omer al-Bashir. Last Week, ...
Source : Topix.net | 05-Aug-2008 06:19
It Takes a Tree to Save a Village
A plan to replenish the forests of the West African nation of Burkina Faso is at odds with the development of farms and villages, Inter Press Service reports.
Source : Topix.net | 04-Aug-2008 15:54
Africa/Burkina Faso - The Sisters of Saint Mary of Torfou, over 50 years in Africa preaching ...
The Sisters of Saint Mary of Torfou arrived in Yako on January 6, 1957, where they began their first missionary experience outside France.
Source : Topix.net | 02-Aug-2008 15:48
West Africa: Floods Spark Warning From UN Humanitarian Wing
United Nations relief officials warned today that heavy rains across West Africa have brought renewed flooding to the region, threatening the homes and livelihoods of tens of thousands of people and jeopardizing the already fragile food security situation.
Source : AllAfrica | 31-Jul-2008 23:27
Volta commences a 2,000 metre RC drilling program at its Bansie Gold Project, Burkina Faso
Volta Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that drilling has commenced on its wholly-owned Bansi Gold Project, located in the southern Hounde Belt, an emerging gold camp in Burkina Faso .
Source : Topix.net | 31-Jul-2008 18:57
UN extends Cote d'Ivoire's peace mission for election
T HE Security Council has unanimously approved a French-drafted resolution extending for six months the mandate of United Nations and French peacekeepers in Cote d'Ivoire to support the holding of a ...
Source : Topix.net | 31-Jul-2008 09:34
Environment-Burkina Faso: Winning People Over to Fight Deforestation
In the West African nation of Burkina Faso, millions of trees are planted every year to reverse desertification.
Source : Topix.net | 30-Jul-2008 18:49
Environment-Burkina Faso: Winning People Over to Fight Deforestation
In the West African nation of Burkina Faso, millions of trees are planted every year to reverse desertification.
Source : Topix.net | 30-Jul-2008 05:56
Africa/Burkina Faso - Mission camps with the Daughters of Saint Camillus in Burkina Faso: ...
The Congregation of the Daughters of St. Camillus have a little less than 100 houses and nearly 900 religious worldwide, with novitiates in Italy, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, India, Benin, Philippines, ...
Source : Topix.net | 29-Jul-2008 18:08
West Africa: WFP Gears Up Response to High Food Prices
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is expanding operations in West Africa to feed an additional 1.4 million people hard hit by high food prices in Guinea, Mauritania, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Burkina Faso and Senegal.
Source : AllAfrica | 29-Jul-2008 14:24