May 25, 2013
Burkina Faso News
African students create anti-malaria soap
April 26, 2013African students Moctar Dembele from Burkina Faso and Gerard Niyondiko from Burundi are the first non-Americans to win the Global Science Venture (GSVC) competition for creating an anti-malaria repellent soap.
Malian PM justifies dialogue with northern rebels
November 19, 2012Prime Minister Cheikh Mdibo Diarra has said it is possible to dialogue with rebel groups in northern Mali, which has been under secessionists control for the better part of the year.
He said the Bamako government would hold talks with the radical Islamic movement Ansar Dine and the Touareg rebel National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad, the MNLA, noting that these are Malians whose voices must be heard.
B. Faso: Malian rebel Ansar Dine commits to peace, relief aid
November 8, 2012Burkina Faso Foreign Minister, Djibril Bassole, has urged Malian Islamist rebel group Ansar Dine to make good its commitment to a peaceful resolution of the crisis in northern Mali.
Bassole was speaking after he brokered an agreement with the rebel faction to allow humanitarian aid groups into its territory.
Malian foreign minister denies meeting rebels
November 6, 2012Mali's Foreign Minister Tieman Coulibaly has denied that he met representatives of the Ansar Dine Islamic movement in the Burkinabe capital, Ouagadougou, as reported by the media.
Coulibaly clarified to reporters in Bamako on Monday that though he was on a visit to the Burkinabe capital at the weekend, he did not meet with any member of the rebel groups Ansar Dine or the MNLA.
17 African countries among top 50 making business regulation growth
October 24, 2012A new report by the World Bank and International Finance Corporation says 17 sub-Saharan countries are among the 50 economies making the biggest improvement in business regulation for domestic firms.
The improvement has been going on since 2005.
Experts discuss future of regional currency regimes in Africa
October 12, 2012A three-day international meeting of African countries and the Franc zone is underway here in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, to discuss regional single currency regimes on the continent.
OSIWA, WB join to fight contract graft in West Africa
June 25, 2012The Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) and The World Bank (WB) have joined forces to help strengthen transparency and accountability in public procurement through collaboration among government, civil society and the private sector.
According to The World Bank, public procurement represents about 50% to 70% of total government spending in many developing countries. It is also a major source of revenue to the private sector.
Donors’ contributions not matching scale of Mali emergency
June 14, 2012Some time ago, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR together with the WFP made a donors appeal for support to address the huge humanitarian crisis exacerbated by the worsening security situation in Mali.
Mali conflict triggers refugee movement never seen in Sahel
May 9, 2012While political and military actors have so far failed to end growing instability, a new report says millions of people across the Sahel region continue to face “extreme risk of hunger and malnutrition,” with recent political instability in the region worsening the situation.
Sahel food crisis goes from bad to worse with “global indifference”
April 12, 2012Senior United Nations officials have warned that global inaction could lead to a humanitarian disaster in the Sahel region of West and Central Africa, amid the serious food and humanitarian crisis.
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