• 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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'

  • 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

  • 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

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

    UNESCO: CULTURE

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Two teams will qualify from each group for the semi-finals and for the group Bobo Dioulasso group of death, the North Africans travel to Burkina Faso with the best qualifying record.

    BBC: Under-20 draw gives Group of Death

  • At the bottom, with no violations, are 21 diverse countries including not just the ever-polite U.K., Japan and Canada, but also some developing countries like Burkina Faso, Azerbaijan, the Central African Republic, and Panama.

    FORBES: The World's Most Corrupt Diplomats, As Told Through Parking Tickets [Map]

  • 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

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