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Burkina Faso
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 14:46:10 GMTBurkina Faso, Guinea Qualify, Ethiopia Crush Madagascar
[Ghanaian Times] Burkina Faso and Guinea qualified Wednesday for the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon next January, while Ethiopia trounced Madagascar 4-0 as match day 5 AFCON qualifiers kicked off.
Thu, 25 Mar 2021 07:42:57 GMTBurkina Faso Hold Uganda Cranes to Qualify for 2021 Afcon
[Nation] Uganda badly wanted to qualify to the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations finals on Wednesday evening.
Tue, 23 Mar 2021 10:29:32 GMTIDPs Struggle to Access Aid
[VOA] Kenya -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) calls Burkina Faso the world's fastest-growing displacement and protection crisis, with more than 1 million internally displaced people (IDPs) and counting.
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 19:11:13 GMTLeaders Celebrate Centenary of Longtime Unesco Head Professor Amadou Mahtar Mbow
[allAfrica] Dakar -- Africa's heads-of-state are joining prominent members of Africa's intelligentsia to mark the 100th birthday of Professor Amadou Mahtar Mbow by chronicling his contributions as the first black African to head Unesco and many other...
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 06:29:49 GMTNo Trees, No Crops, No Jobs - Farmers Fall Back On Hard Labour
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Ouagadougou -- As climate change, tree losses and desertification mean farming no longer pays, women are turning to digging sand and gravel for construction to make a living
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:33:42 GMTEnabling Women to Work and Their Children to Blossom - the Double Success Story of Mobile Childcare in Burkina Faso
[World Bank] Manga -- Snack time has just ended. Sporting a fine white moustache, several children linger at the table, savoring the last drops of milk in their cups and carefully gathering up the remaining breadcrumbs with their chubby fingers. But ...
Wed, 10 Mar 2021 11:11:40 GMTGlobal Fund and Fondation Chanel Form New Partnership to Advance Women's Health in Western and Central Africa
[Global Fund] Geneva -- The Global Fund and Fondation CHANEL have signed a new agreement to set up a civil society-led fund to strengthen women's and girls' engagement in developing health policies, including Global Fund-related processes, in western...
Wed, 10 Mar 2021 08:32:58 GMTBurkina Faso and Global Fund Launch New Grants to Accelerate Progress Against HIV, TB and Malaria
[Global Fund] Ouagadougou -- Burkina Faso and the Global Fund strengthened their partnership by launching four new grants that move toward ending epidemics of HIV, tuberculosis, malaria and strengthen health systems with a focus on community health s...