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  Heads   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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 Faso   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a landlocked nation of western Ghana.
History of Burkina Faso This is the history of present-day nations and states.
Prime Minister of Burkina Faso The office of Prime Minister of Burkina Faso was initially created in President with cons...
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 Burkina Faso 2000 Post Report   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Burkina Faso, a landlocked country, is located in the middle of West Africa’s "hump." 274,000 square kilometers, nearly the size of Colorado, Burkina Faso is bordered on the north and west by Mali, on the northeast by Niger, on the southeast by Benin and on the south by Togo, Ghana, and Cote d’Ivoire.
Burkina Faso is a savanna plateau, with an average elevation of 500 meters.
Burkina Faso is part of the West African Monetary Union, whose members use the Communauté Financière Africaine (CFA) franc, a convertible currency tied to the French franc at a fixed rate of 100 CFA to 1 French franc.
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 Information On Burkina Faso - 12th Meeting of the Parties   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The provincial authority is the "Haut Commissaire" appointed by the government.
Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso is, according to historians, the former capital of the Mossi Kingdom.
Head of States and VIP were accommodated there during the "France-Afrique" summit and during the 21st African Cup of Nations.
www.unep.org /ozone/infobukina-faso.shtml   (4031 words)

  
 Putting a stop to excision in Burkina Faso
Two years ago the government of Burkina Faso made a firm commitment to stop the practice of excision.
She talks of the trauma caused by the pain in a part of the body that is full of nerves and blood vessels, the risks of infection and tetanus when the wound is sealed with cow-dung, the scars that make childbirth difficult and prevent normal urination.
Burkina Faso is one of five African countries (3) to have passed a law against excision and one of the few actually committed to the campaign.
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 World History :: Encyclopedia Index -- He   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Heads of Government of the Central African Republic (and Central African Empire)
Heads of Government of the Republic of the Congo
Heads of State of the Republic of the Congo
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Heads of Government of Democratic People's Republic of Angola
Heads of Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Heads of State of the Congo Free State
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 Ethnologue: Burkina Faso
Data accuracy estimate: A2, B. 300 in Burkina Faso (1991 L. Vanderaa CRC); 2,700,000 in Mali (1995); 4,200 in Gambia (1991); 55,000 in Senegal (1991); 5,500 in Côte d'Ivoire (1993); 3,000,000 in all countries.
(BISA) [ BIB ] 400,000 in Burkina Faso, 5% of the population (1991 SIL); 119,100 in Ghana (1991 SIL); 63,000 emigrants in Côte d'Ivoire (1993 Johnstone); 3,000 in Togo (1991 SIL); 585,000 in all countries.
Jula is a trade language of western Burkina Faso and northern Côte d'Ivoire.
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 Burkina Faso News
Viet Nam News,: OUAGADOUGOU — Viet Nam and Burkina Faso are determined to bring bilateral friendship and co-operation to new heights in the 21st century, said leaders of the...
Government of Canada Newsroom (press release),: Then, at the Francophone Summit in Burkina Faso, we supported the international commitment to Haiti in the Ouagadougou Declaration; moreover, with other...
Burkina Faso is Ivory Coast's neighbour to the north and is deeply...
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 Burkina Faso
The Government is not known to have taken any disciplinary action against those responsible for abuses, and the climate of impunity created by the Government's failure to prosecute abusers remains the largest obstacle to ending abuses.
The percentage of women in government and politics does not correspond to their percentage of the population; however, there are no restrictions in law or practice on the participation of women or minority group members in politics.
The Government prohibits forced and bonded labor by children; however, there are reports of household employment of children outside their own families without any status or formal remuneration as well as the procurement and exploitation of young immigrant girls.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/af/8271.htm   (8686 words)

  
 Ethnologue: Burkina Faso
(BAMANA, BAMANAKAN) [ BRA ] 300 in Burkina Faso (1991 L. Vanderaa CRC); 2,700,000 in Mali (1995); 4,200 in Gambia (1991); 55,000 in Senegal (1991); 5,500 in Côte d'Ivoire (1993); 3,000,000 in all countries.
Southwest Burkina Faso, Poni, Bougouriba, Sissili, Mouhoun provinces.
Villages of Ouo, Sideradougou, Kouere, Koro, and Sirakoro, Comoé Province, Sidéradougou Subdistrict, southwest Burkina Faso.
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 Reporters sans frontières - Burkina Faso
The recommendations included the setting up of a government of national unity, the establishment of a truth and justice commission for national reconciliation and the constitution of an ad hoc committee to be charged with the review of some articles in the nation's constitution and to develop definite texts on the life of political parties.
During the submission of the report of the college of sages, the head of state declared that he had taken note of the recommendations of the college and affirmed that he would take all necessary measures for the best interest of Burkinabes.
The Burkinabe government has only scorched the proposals of the independent commission of inquiry and that of the college of sages on the assassination of Norbert Zongo and his three companions, but not addressed them (this report is not out to deliberate on the political and economic recommendations of the college of sages).
www.rsf.org /article.php3/IMG/pdf/article.php3?id_article=2485   (2524 words)

  
 CEN-SAD
At the kind invitation of the Government of Burkina Faso, the 6th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council was held in Ouagadougou on 22 - 23 August 2001.
TRIKI, Head of the Libyan delegation, Secretary of the peoples' committee for African Union, the Ministers and Heads of delegation agreed to adopt the speech of the Prime Minister, Head of Government of Burkina, as an official working document of the session.
The head of the Nigerian delegation, Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. ELHADJ SULE LAMIDO informed the Executive Council of the imminent payment by his country of its contribution for the financial year 2001 and urged all member States to do the same to enable the Secretariat-General have adequate financial and human resources.
www.uneca.org /cen-sad/reportofthe6thordinarysessionoftheEC.htm   (5922 words)

  
 Chiefs of State   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The directory is intended to be used primarily as a reference aid and includes as many governments of the world as is considered practical, some of them not officially recognized by the United States.
Governments are listed in alphabetical order according to the most commonly used version of each country's name.
NOTE: Although the head of the central bank is listed for each country, in most cases he or she is not a Cabinet member.
www.odci.gov /cia/publications/chiefs   (259 words)

  
 Ouagadougou - Current News & Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Burkina Faso's security minister, Djibril Bassolet, hastily convened a news conference in Ouagadougou on Friday to deny at length accusations made by Mauritania...
African heads of state are scheduled to gather in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso from 3-9 September 2004 for an extra-ordinary Summit on employment and poverty...
Burkina Faso is still reckoned to be in a state of "generalised epidemic" and that the prevalence rate in the capital Ouagadougou is higher than the national...
news.daylightonline.com /Ouagadougou.html   (4712 words)

  
 Burkina Faso - Atlapedia Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
It is bound by Mali to the north and west, Niger to the northeast and east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south and the Ivory Coast to the southwest.
On June 14, 1970 a new constitution and an elected legislature was established, returning the country to civilian rule and in 1971 the government appointed Gerard Ouedraogo as the civilian President.
Also during 1993 progress was made in negotiations between Burkina Faso and the Ivory Coast to delineate their common border.
www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/burkina.htm   (1088 words)

  
 Prime minister meets rebel leaders in Burkina Faso   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The rebel delegation in Ougadougou was headed by the secretary-general, Guillaume Soro.
Soro was named Minister of Communication in the government of national reconciliation set up after the signing of French-backed peace agreement signed in January.
The EC President urged the Ivorian government to address the issues of threats to future elections, land laws and property ownership, the controversial question of citizenship, but emphasized that the rebels needed to return to government.
www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=37896   (901 words)

  
 Prime Minister of Canada: Address by Prime Minister Paul Martin at the opening of the Tenth Summit of Heads of State ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
More than ever, international developments dictate that we, the Heads of State and Government of La Francophonie, join forces to examine a number of critical situations and to contemplate ways of bringing them to a speedy conclusion.
The Ivorian government is responsible for protecting its fellow citizens and all foreigners living in the country.
Dialogue and cooperation are creating a climate of trust, security and stability conducive to pursuing the transitions underway in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi, normalization of relations among the various actors, and last but not least, regional integration.
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 Guardian Unlimited Film | Features | Who calls the shots?
Even though sub-Saharan Burkina is rated by the UN as the fifth poorest country in the world, Ouaga is widely acknowledged as the capital of African cinema and it's the only city in the world with a square dedicated to film-makers.
Shortly before Fespaco, one of Burkina's most important directors, Idrissa Oudraogo (who won the 1990 Grand Prix at Cannes for his film Tilai), said that African cinema is "very sick" and called for radical changes in distribution.
Kouyaté is also highly critical of the Burkina government which is usually lauded for its commitment to cinema.
film.guardian.co.uk /features/featurepages/0,4120,985465,00.html   (2825 words)

  
 Sierra Leone: President: President Kabbah Returns From Burkina Faso   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The President, Alhaji Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah has returned to Freetown after a two day official visit to Burkina Faso where he attended the seventh ordinary session of Conference of Leaders and Heads of State of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) in Ouagadugu from the 1st- 2nd June 2005.
Upon arrival in Ouagadugu, Burkina Faso on Tuesday 31st May 2005, President Kabbah was welcomed by President Blaise Compare and senior government officials at the Ouagadugu International Airport.
It will be recalled that the first ordinary session of the Conference of Leaders and Heads of State of the Community of the Sahel and Saharan states was held in Sirt, Libya on 14th April 1999, with the participation of Libya, Burkina Faso, Mali, Chad, Sudan and Niger.
www.statehouse-sl.org /burk-faso-vis-june3.html   (564 words)

  
 Burkina Faso: Amnesty International's Human Rights Concerns
Burkina Faso : Amnesty International welcomes progress in the Norbert Zongo Case
Burkina Faso : Those responsible for the death of Norbert Zongo must be brought to justice
Burkina Faso : The long and dangerous fight for justice: West African Human Rights Defenders Under Attack
amnestyusa.org /countries/burkina_faso/document.do?...   (122 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: President of Burkina Faso
List of Heads of State of Burkina Faso
Chairman of the National Revolutionary Council and Head of state
Chairman of the National Revolutionary Council and Président of Faso
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/President-of-Burkina-Faso   (161 words)

  
 Planet Ark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Without adequate financing the convention, designed as a tool for poverty reduction and environmental preservation, would become a dead letter, he said.
The recent deadly heat wave in Europe, he added, "serves as a cold reminder of our shared destiny" on this planet.
The heads of government of Burkina Faso, Mali, Gambia, Lesotho, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Cuba, Jamaica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Saint Vincent attended the opening of the two-day summit along with delegates from 170 countries.
www.planetark.com /avantgo/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=22074   (353 words)

  
 Burkina Faso : Categories - Contemporary Africa Database
Burkina Faso : Categories - Contemporary Africa Database
Related lists: Burkina Faso main index · Women in Burkina Faso (14) · Categories by country
On this page: Arts · Business · Education, Academia and Research · Media · Professions · Religion · Society, Politics and Governance · Sports
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