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	Burkina Faso. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Burkina Faso is one of the poorest nations in the world, with the great majority of its workers engaged in subsistence farming.
		Burkina Faso has a small mining industry that produces manganese, phosphates, and gold-bearing quartz; there are also small, and as yet largely untapped, deposits of antimony, copper, zinc, nickel, lead, bauxite, and uranium.
		Invaders from present-day Ghana conquered central and E Burkina Faso, establishing the Mossi states of Ouagadougou, Yatenga, and Tengkodogo in the center and the state of Gourma in the east.
	www.bartleby.com /65/bu/BurkinaF.html (1464 words)

	Burkina in Depth
		Burkina Faso is a landlocked country of 105,869 square miles, located in the heart of Western Africa, approximately 600 miles from the Atlantic Ocean.
		The tropical weather in Burkina Faso is divided into two seasons: the dry season from November to May (with a cool and dry period from November to February, and hot weather from March to May), and the rainy season from June to October.
		Four parties (of the approximately 60 in Burkina Faso) are represented in the National Assembly after the legislative elections of May 1997: the CDP, the PDP, the ADF and the RDA.
	www.burkinaembassy-usa.org /indepth.html (2339 words)

	Efford meets with Prime Minister of Burkina Faso - NRCan International
		Prime Minister Ernest Yonli of Burkina Faso with Minister John Efford, Assistant Deputy Minister Gary Nash of the Minerals and Metals Sector and representatives from both governments and Canadian business community.
		Minister Efford was the host of an official dinner on the occasion of the visit of the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso and six of his economic ministers.
		Minister John Efford, Prime Minister Ernest Yonli of Burkina Faso and MMS ADM Gary Nash with representatives from both governments and Canadian business community.
	www.nrcan.gc.ca /international/mms-burkinafaso_e.html (179 words)

	Burkina News
		Burkina Faso is one of fifteen countries chosen to benefit from the initiative “Education by 2015” because of the high quality of its ten-year plan for the development of basic education and conditions created for its implementation.
		Burkina Faso is among the first countries to benefit from the aid of the BADEA for development, with a total commitment of US$142.2 million, of which US$3.4 million were in the form of grants for fifteen assistance projects, and the remaining total concessional loans for payment, development, and emergency aid.
		The FCCD was launched in Burkina Faso in October 1997 for a five-year period.
	www.burkinaembassy-usa.org /news.html (4164 words)

	Comparative Criminology \| Africa - Burkina Faso
		Burkina is attempting to improve the economy by developing its mineral resources, improving its infrastructure, making its agricultural and livestock sectors more productive and competitive, and stabilizing the supplies and prices of food grains.
		Burkina Faso will be compared with Japan (country with a low crime rate) and USA (country with a high crime rate).
		Burkina Faso is a party to the 1988 UN Drug Convention, the 1971 UN Convention on Psychotropic Substances, and the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, as amended by the 1972 Protocol.
	www-rohan.sdsu.edu /faculty/rwinslow/africa/burkina_faso.html (4742 words)

	History of Burkina Faso (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Until the end of the 19th century, the history of Burkina Faso was dominated by the empire-building Mossi.
		The government of the Fourth Republic includes a strong presidency, a prime minister, a Council of Ministers presided over by the president, a unicameral National Assembly, and the judiciary.
		Burkina held multiparty municipal elections in 1995 and 2000 and legislative elections in 1997 and 2002.
	www.historyofnations.net /africa/burkinafaso.html (670 words)

	Burkina Faso Travel Tips
		Burkina Faso is situated in West Africa and bordered to the north and west by Mali, to the east by Niger, to the southeast by Benin and to the south by Togo, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire.
		Sauces are the mainstays of cooking in Burkina Faso, and include local favorites like riz gras, a vegetable and rice sauce, boeuf sauce aubergine, a sauce made from beef and eggplant, and other variations based on rice, fish, mutton or tomato.
		Burkina Faso is pretty much safe, and requires only common sense and a general awareness of your surroundings to get by, although you should keep an eye on your wallet or purse in more crowded areas.
	www.southtravels.com /africa/burkinafaso/traveltips.html (994 words)

	Burkina Faso: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
		Burkina Faso was originally inhabited by the Bobo, Lobi, and Gurunsi peoples, with the Mossi and Gurma peoples immigrating to the region in the 14th century.
		Burkina Faso: Economy - Economy Burkina Faso is one of the poorest nations in the world, with the great majority of its...
		Burkina Faso: Land and People - Land and People The country is made up mainly of vast monotonous plains and of low hills that rise...
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107369.html (816 words)

	OTAL - Burkina Faso
		Burkina Faso Government has introduced a document named Cargo tracking note abbreviated as B.S.C. The cargo tracking note which is issued to all cargo from or to Burkina Faso by the shipper or her agent is one of the compulsory documents to be produced at customs clearance.
		Burkina Shippers Council or her Agent reserves the right not to sign any cargo tracking note not properly filled specially those related to unacceptable transport fares.
		For all loadings to Burkina Faso, the shippers are due to contact the CBC or its authorised agents to get all the information needed regarding conditions in which the Cargo Tracking Note is issued.
	www.otal.com /ctbl/burkinapsi.htm (1776 words)

	Burkina Faso (09/06)
		Burkina Faso is a landlocked country located in the middle of West Africa's "hump." It is geographically in the Sahel--the agricultural region between the Sahara Desert and the coastal rain forests.
		Burkina Faso's 13.9 million people belong to two major West African cultural groups--the Voltaic and the Mande (whose common language is Dioula).
		Burkina Faso maintains an embassy in the United States at 2340 Massachusetts Ave.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2834.htm (2961 words)

	Political relations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		France and Burkina Faso are very friendly for historical and cultural reasons, including in particular the French language.
		Dominique de Villepin, then Minister of Foreign Affairs, went to Ouagadougou on 21 July 2002 and again on 27 November of the same year in the framework of the Côte d’Ivoire crisis.
		Xavier Darcos, then Minister Delegate for Cooperation, Development and Francophonie, took part in the extraordinary African Union Summit on employment and the fight against poverty, which was held in Ouagadougou on 8-9 September 2004.
	www.diplomatie.gouv.fr /en/article-imprim.php3?id_article=5250 (243 words)

	Burkina Faso, Schema-Root news (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Taiwan's ambassador to Burkina Faso confirmed a couple of days ago that Taipei is writing a check in the amount of US$75 million for that African state.
		Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in the Sahel region, is ranked as the world's third poorest country in the UN 2005 Human Development Index (HDI).
		Alexis Kaboré, a resident of the suburb of Pissy in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, is not connected to the potable water network of the National...
	schema-root.org /region/africa/west_africa/burkina_faso (1042 words)

	OTAL - Burkina Faso
		Born in 1950 and trained as a soldier in Cameroon and Morocco, Blaise Campaore served under Thomas Sankara as minister of state to the presidency, before deposing and executing him in 1987.
		The election was seen as a test for democracy in Burkina Faso after the opposition parties, which had boycotted polls in 1998 and 2000 alleging fraud, agreed to take part following electoral reforms, including the introduction of single ballot papers.
		The 3,540 candidates competing for 111 parliamentary seats in Sunday's polls in Burkina Faso come from 30 parties, the largest number of political groupings to participate in elections in the West African nation.
	www.otal.com /ctbl/burkinaministry.htm (906 words)

	afrol News - Burkina Faso prosecutor asked to re-open Zongo case
		As a member of the Independent Commission of Enquiry that was set up after the murder, RSF Secretary-General Robert Ménard was able to provide the judicial authorities with the complete version of the report drafted by the commission, before it was toned down on the insistence of two of its members, who represented the government.
		In a letter accompanying the original draft - which was dated 26 April 1999 - Mr Ménard stressed the "important differences" between it and the version that was handed to Burkina Faso's Prime Minister on 7 May the same year.
		The murder of Mr Zongo has ridden Burkina Faso as a nightmare since the famous investigative journalist and editor of the weekly 'L'Indépendant' was found dead in his car on 13 December 1998.
	www.afrol.com /articles/22106 (696 words)

	Burkina Faso’s Prime Minister: IRC and partners are on the right track! - IRC International Water and Sanitation ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		On Thursday 11 November 2004, the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, His Excellency Paramanga Ernest Yonli, and a delegation of representatives visited IRC as part of a three-day visit to the Netherlands.
		The Prime Minister was interested to find out how IRC operates in Burkina Faso, with whom and on the basis of what programmes.
		The Prime Minister also talked with the directors of UNESCO-IHE, the Dialogue on Water and Climate (DWC), the Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP), the Gender and Water Alliance (GWA) and Dick van Ginhoven, water advisor of the Dutch Directorate General for International Co-operation (DGIS).
	www.irc.nl /page/14846 (542 words)

	UNIDO - INVEST IN BURKINA FASO 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Foreign investors interested in Burkina Faso had the opportunity to present their own projects ideas for discussion with the UNIDO experts and Burkina Faso authorities.
		This event is part of a restructuring programme begun by Burkina Faso since 1991 with the support of international financial institutions of development.
		Furthermore, Burkina Faso is a country with a strategic position in the middle of West Africa.
	www.unido.org /doc/4477 (732 words)

	Burkina Faso will continue to press for exclusion of Sahrawi republic from OAU
		That is why "we said during the OAU summit, held in Ouagadougou in June 1998, that as long as the international community and the OAU back the referendum process in the Sahara, we have to wait till the end of the process to admit a state as member of the organization," he said.
		Moroccan Prime Minister --who visited Burkina Faso over the weekend as part of an African tour that led him to Senegal, Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire and Gabon-- told the press in Ougadougou that Morocco left the OAU, after the organization made a "disloyal and illegal" decision.
		During the visit, Morocco and Burkina Faso concluded three cooperation accords, namely a convention between the two countries's trade departments, an agreements between their chambers of commerce and an accord between employers' associations.
	www.arabicnews.com /ansub/Daily/Day/990607/1999060779.html (732 words)

	1996 Human Rights Report: Burkina Faso (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In 1995 the Government announced the creation of the Office of Ombudsman, called "Mediateur du Faso." Retired General Marc Garango was appointed to the position, which is responsible for mediating disputes between the State and its citizens.
		The Government includes a strong Presidency, a Prime Minister, a Council of Ministers presided over by the President, a two-chamber National Assembly, and the judiciary.
		However, there are few women in positions of responsibility; 3 of the 23 ministers and 6 of the 107 National Assembly deputies are women.
	www.usemb.se /human/human96/burkinaf.html (3469 words)

	V. Concluding items
		The Conference accepted the election of Burkina Faso to succeed Ghana as the region's representative to the CGIAR for the four-year term, commencing 1997.
		Abraham Iyambo, Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources of the Republic of Namibia expressed, on behalf of all the delegates, deep appreciation and gratitude to the President of Burkina Faso for his kind words of wisdom at the opening of.
		He thanked the Prime Minister most sincerely for sparing the time to give audience to Heads of Delegations and for his kind words of wisdom and presence at the closing ceremony of the Conference.
	www.fao.org /docrep/x5649e/x5649e06.htm (980 words)

	MSF-USA: 2002 Activity Report - Burkina Faso
		MSF's medical work in Burkina Faso added a distinctly grassroots flavor in early 2002, with a campaign to soften strict new rules that effectively limit access to essential drugs.
		As part of this effort, grassroots petitions addressed to the country's president and prime minister garnered over one million signatures before being presented in July 2002.
		In spring 2002, meningitis again ravaged Burkina Faso, part of Africa's "meningitis belt." The country experienced the first large-scale outbreak ever recorded of W135, a rare strain of the disease.
	www.doctorswithoutborders.org /publications/ar/i2002/burkinafaso.cfm (489 words)

	UniMaps.com - Burkina Faso today, map and information
		Independence from France came to Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) in 1960.
		Prime Minister Ernest Paramanga Yonli has been the Head of Government since 6 November 2000.
		Burkina Faso is an arid landlocked country with semidesert in the north and wooded Savanna in the south.
	unimaps.com /burkina-faso/index.html (161 words)

	Burkina Faso forms new cabinet: Africa: News: News24 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Burkina Faso forms new cabinet: Africa: News: News24
		Ouagadougou - Burkina Faso prime minister Paramanga Ernest Yonli, re-instated by president Blaise Compaore after handing in his resignation, formed a new 34-member government on Friday.
		The cabinet includes a dozen new ministers - some from parties that backed the candidature of Compaore in the presidential elections of November 13.
	www.news24.com /News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1859479,00.html (118 words)

	SECRETARY-GENERAL VISITS BURKINA FASO (November 24-25, 2004)
		Secretary-General Kofi Annan visited Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, where he met with Blaise Compaoré, President of Burkina Faso.
		Secretary-General Kofi Annan (centre left) arriving at the airport in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
		At his right is Paramanga Ernest Yonly, Prime Minister of Burkina Faso.
	www.un.org /av/photo/sgtrips/sgburkina04.htm (145 words)

	Burkina Faso - Atlapedia Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		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.
		CLIMATE: Burkina has a tropical climate which is hot all year round and has two alternating seasons, (1.) a dry season between November and May and a (2.) wet season between June and October with violent storms in August.
		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 (1078 words)

	:: Islamic Development Bank - News:: - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, in Ouagadougou on First of Oct. 2005.
		A brainstorming session for the initiation of this initiative was held in March 2005 at IDB Headquarters where leaders from various member countries participated and started the process of formulating the IDB 2020 Vision.
		A commission of twelve eminent personalities led by H.E. Tun Dr. Mahathir Muhammad, former Prime Minister of Malaysia, with the participation of H.E. Dr. Bachruddin Jusuf Habibie the former President of Indonesia, has been formed to solicit regional perspective and identify regional challenges and opportunities.
	www.isdb.org /english_docs/idb_home/news_IDB2020Workshop.htm (351 words)

	A short history of Burkina Faso (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This is followed by a coup in 1980, when Upper-Volta becomes again a military dictatorship inder Saye Zerbo, succeeded after antother coup by Jean-Baptiste Ouedrago in 1982.
		He appoints Thomas Sankara as prime minister, but after Sankara's dismissal and another coup in 1983 Thomas Sankara removes Ouedrago from office and becomes president himself.
		Under his presidency Upper Volta becomes a socialist dictatorship and in 1984 the country is renamed Burkina Faso.
	www.electionworld.org /history/burkinafaso.htm (384 words)

	CNN.com - President names new prime minister in Burkina Faso - November 7, 2000
		The appointment of Ernest Paramanga Yonly, an economist and former minister of civil service and institutional reforms, was announced late Monday on state radio.
		Burkina Faso, a desperately poor semi-desert nation in West Africa, has faced a series of problems over the past year that have rattled the government.
		Compaore's regime has come under popular pressure for not solving the mysterious 1998 death of newspaperman Norbert Zongo, who was killed in a car fire along with three companions.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/africa/11/07/burkina.faso.ap (307 words)

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