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BURKINA FASO: Sanitation shambles

africa » burkina faso » bobo dioulasso

IRIN

Thursday, November 08, 2007

Salamata Sanou is one of the lucky few. Her squat, concrete house is surrounded by tarmac with wide channels to carry away rain water. Even at the...

BURKINA FASO-NIGER: Children made faceless by a disease of neglect

africa » burkina faso » ouagadougou

IRIN

Saturday, June 30, 2007

Through clenched teeth and with the assistance of an adult interpreter, Noufou stuttered out his tale. He had lost both his parents, was made...

GLOBAL: Eliminating the “disease of the poorest of the poor”

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IRIN

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Adama Zoundi makes his living as a tailor, carefully considering how the clothes he cuts and stitches will suit his clients. But when it comes to...

WEST AFRICA: Battling for land

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IRIN

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

As desert sands relentlessly wipe away more and more arable land in arid Burkina Faso and Mali, leaving people hungry, access to fertile farming land...

WEST AFRICA: Still the lowest living standards in world, UN report says

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IRIN

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

West Africa is yet again at the bottom of this year's United Nations' human development index, in part because so many of the region's countries lack...