Withan increased number of children living in the streets of urban areas inBurkina Faso, the government and several non-governmental organisationsare...

BURKINA FASO: Meningitis epidemics in vaccinated areas

People vaccinated against meningitis are supposed to haveprotection for three years but health officials have announced that meningitisepidemics have...

BURKINA FASO: Meningitis epidemics in vaccinated areas

People vaccinated against meningitis are supposed to have protection for three years but health officials have announced that meningitis epidemics...

BURKINA FASO: General strike over cost of living

Workers from the public and private sectors throughout the country launched a two-day strike on 8 April to protest high living costs and demand...

BURKINA FASO: Flush with new funds for wat/san

Donors announced in March that they will invest US $1.2 billion into Burkina Faso’s water sector, to meet the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)...

BURKINA FASO: Cost of living coalition threatens more action

A coalition of civil society organisations that on Saturday mobilised several thousand people to take to the streets of Ouagadougou and other towns...

BURKINA FASO: Human rights concerns in wake of mass arrests

Some 184 people have been imprisoned in Burkina Faso over the last fortnight, among them Thibault Nana, the leader of a small opposition party who is...

BURKINA FASO: New protests against high food prices planned

A newly formed coalition against the cost of living formed by workers’ unions, consumer associations and human rights groups in Burkina Faso is...

AFRICA: Low cost meningitis vaccine developed

A new low-cost and highly effective meningitis vaccine will be introduced in 2009 as trials in West Africa proved successful, the head of the project...

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