• The BBC's Alex Capstick said security was tight, with the opposing teams - Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso - being given police escorts to the ground.

    BBC: Angola 'arrests' after Togo football team attack

  • Three of those countries - Burkina Faso, Cape Verde and Kyrgyzstan - have no properties inscribed on the World Heritage List to date.

    UNESCO: CULTURE

  • Toure's film is the only sub-Saharan African movie in competition this year, but African films -- particularly those from Senegal and Burkina Faso -- have fared well at the festival, especially over the past decade.

    CNN: 'La Pirogue' takes La Croisette: African cinema at Cannes

  • Ruinas de Loropeni (Burkina Faso) - Este sitio de 11.130 m2 es el primero de Burkina Faso que ingresa en la Lista.

    UNESCO: SERVICIO DE PRENSA

  • The MNLA - a secular Tuareg group which seeks an independent homeland in the Sahara and Sahel regions of Mali, Libya, Algeria, Niger and Burkina Faso - was at one time allied to the Islamists but now supports the French-led offensive.

    BBC: France's military operation in Mali in 'final phase'

  • The semi-finalists in Burkina Faso will qualify for the Under-20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates in March-April next year.

    BBC: Under-20 draw gives Group of Death

  • Dan Fodio, an ethnic Fulani Islamic scholar, rose up against the Hausa rulers of what is now northern Nigeria and Niger and created an empire which stretched from modern-day Burkina Faso to Cameroon, becoming one of Africa's largest pre-colonial states.

    BBC: The Sultan of Sokoto Mohammadu Maccido

  • Yet after winning their opening four Group E matches - beating Malawi, Guinea and main rivals Burkina Faso home and away - qualification had never been in doubt.

    BBC: A new and improved Ivory Coast?

  • State television, even while Mr Soro was supposed to be in charge of it, has devoted much airtime to such insults, and to Mr Gbagbo's insinuation that the rebels are stooges of next-door Burkina Faso.

    ECONOMIST: The problems are the same as ever, and now the shooting too

  • Unrest linked to the cost of food and fuel has occurred not only in Haiti -- the poorest country in the western hemisphere's --but in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Egypt, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Mozambique and Senegal, according to the program.

    CNN: U.N. food agency seeks more aid for Haiti

  • Malawi qualified for only their second ever African Nations Cup despite a 1-0 defeat to Burkina Faso with Moumouni Dagano on target in Ouagadougou.

    CNN: Egypt secure dramatic playoff

  • The first target for the new coach's motivation will be qualifying for the 2004 Nations' Cup, a tournament that Burkina Faso have been ever-present at since 1996.

    BBC: Burkina Faso appoint new coach

  • The Nigerian team, the Super Eagles, beat the Burkina Faso Stallions team 1-0 on Sunday at the finals in Soweto, South Africa to clinch the title of African champions.

    FORBES: Nigerian Billionaire Mike Adenuga Gives $1 Million To Nigerian Soccer Team

  • Guinea beat Zimbabwe and Burkina Faso before the 1-1 draw with Malawi that triggered government intervention with Sangare saying "Guinea was a sovereign state that would not be dictated to by Fifa".

    BBC: Fifa confirm Guinea ban

  • In the day's other game involving an African team, Burkina Faso secured a 1-1 draw with New Zealand in a match which had to be suspended at one point because of torrential rain in Enugu.

    BBC: Gambia lose, Burkina draw at U17

  • Hayatou, 66, will be putting himself up for election for his seventh spell as CAF chief in Morocco next month, having overseen an Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa which was claimed by Nigeria with a 1-0 win over Burkina Faso in Sunday's final.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Jean Paul Rabier and his assistant Frank Tanasi have been offered an initial 13-month contract to steer the Burkina Faso through the qualifiers of the next Nations Cup.

    BBC: Burkina Faso appoint new coach

  • Meanwhile, in the day's other match, tournament favourites Ivory Coast were held to a 0-0 draw by a stubborn Burkina Faso in their opening Group B match at the Estadio do Cabinda.

    CNN: Algeria left stunned by battling Malawi

  • Lutheran World Relief, a charity, is running cash-for-work schemes in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, in which workers build irrigation systems and replenish the soil.

    ECONOMIST: The Sahel: Hungry again | The

  • Burkina Faso and Mali count on cotton for about one-third of their export earnings, and Chad about one-quarter.

    ECONOMIST: The sword and the shield | The

  • Missing the finals in Burkina Faso could be a minor setback for the Tunisian Under-20's, who could have relied on some of the players to integrate in the senior side for the Nations Cup which they will host in 2004.

    BBC: Ghana survive in Tunisia

  • On the sidelines of the Summit, the Director-General met with several heads of state, including of Burkina Faso, Comoros, Mozambique and South Africa.

    UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

  • The III Encounter of ABCD Filmmakers will take place in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, in February 2013, with the support of the Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO).

    UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

  • The new funding will support HIV and AIDS prevention in 14 French-speaking countries in West and Central Africa, namely Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo.

    UNESCO: Regional workshop for UNESCO staff working in HIV and AIDS in Central and West Africa | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

  • Tunisia had anticipated a place in Burkina Faso after putting up a good display in Kumasi, despite losing 1-0 from a first-half strike.

    BBC: Ghana survive in Tunisia

  • Also participating in the debate were the Vice-Prime Minister of Croatia, and the Foreign Ministers of South Africa and Burkina Faso.

    UN: Security Council

  • On the streets, anti-foreigner translates as anti-northerner since the northerners are the same ethnic group as the people of Burkina Faso.

    ECONOMIST: C?te d��Ivoire

  • In the space of ninety minutes in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso leapt from the bottom of Group Two to the top after a 2-0 victory at home to Uganda .

    BBC: Bwalya triumphs for Zambia

  • Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi is preparing Nigeria for this month's 2013 African Cup of Nations in South Africa, where the two-time tournament winners have been drawn in a group with 2012 champions Zambia, Burkina Faso and Mali.

    CNN: Vilanova returns as Barca get back to work

  • The pan-African GGW was first proposed in the 1980s by Thomas Sankara, head of state in Burkina Faso, as a means to stop the growing of the Sahara.

    FORBES: Great Green Wall Plans to Stop Sahara

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