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  • Home furnishings giant IKEA raises money for UNICEF 11 Nov 2009 00:31 GMT
    ... for every soft toy sold to the UN Children’s Fund ( ) and the non-governmental organization ... Child Friendly Schools in six countries – Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Ethiopia, South Africa, Madagascar – as ...

  • UN says poorest countries still suffer from high food prices 10 Nov 2009 13:10 GMT
    ... despite a good 2009 world cereal production, FAO warned on Tuesday in its latest Crop ... markets of Bamako, the capital of Mali, Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso and Niamey in Niger were 35, 42 ...

  • Millions of poor across Africa set to suffer deepening food crisis, warns UN report 10 Nov 2009 16:21 GMT
    ... set to suffer deepening food crisis, warns UN report Despite good global cereal harvests this ... due to stubbornly high food prices, the United Nations agricultural agency warned in a report released ... of millet in the markets of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger ranging from 21 to 42 ...

  • Millions of Poor Across Continent Set to Suffer Deepening Food Crisis, Warns UN Report 10 Nov 2009 18:30 GMT
    ... due to stubbornly high food prices, the United Nations agricultural agency warned in a report ... according to the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). The latest Crop Prospects and Food Situation ... of millet in the markets of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger ranging from 21 to 42 ...

  • 'Ban female circumcision' 10 Nov 2009 08:13 GMT
    ... Ouagadougou - African countries must work harder to ban female ... mutilation, Chantal Compoare, the first lady of Burkina Faso, said on Monday. "I call on all ... the Italian Senate, said she wanted the UN General Assembly to adopt a resolution condemning ...

  • Mercator Transport becomes a signatory of International Cyanide Management Code (CNW) 10 Nov 2009 15:53 GMT
    ... located in Ghana and operating in Ghana, Burkina Faso and Niger. commits to follow the Code's ... was developed under the aegis of the United Nations Environment Programme by a multi-stakeholder Steering ...

  • Mercator Transport becomes a signatory of International Cyanide Management Code 10 Nov 2009 15:54 GMT
    ... located in Ghana and operating in Ghana, Burkina Faso and Niger. By becoming a signatory, Mercator ... was developed under the aegis of the United Nations Environment Programme by a multi-stakeholder Steering ...

  • Burkina Faso leader resisting overtures 8 Nov 2009 22:56 GMT
    ... first foundation stone of an hospital, in Ouagadougou China’s push for political influence and access ... been resisted by some countries such as Burkina Faso which have remained faithful to Taiwan. As ... Republic of China,” Francois Bognini of the Chinese-Burkinabe friendship forum FASIB told AFP. FASIB members ...

  • The U.N. Human Rights Council: No Better for Obama's Engagement 9 Nov 2009 23:18 GMT
    ... the U.N.'s premier human rights body. The United Nations Human Rights Council was created in 2006 ... observers to the council, and three -- Burkina Faso, Qatar, and Madagascar -- are currently members ... Obama Administration announced that it wanted to run for a seat on the council to ...

  • Ikea soft toy sales help fight child poverty in poorest countries 5 Nov 2009 09:02 GMT
    ... sold 5.4 million toys worldwide in the run-up to Christmas, and since 2003, when the ... conditions at schools in Africa, specifically in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Ethiopia and Madagascar. Around the meeting-room ...

  • Ikea toy sales help fight child poverty 5 Nov 2009 12:52 GMT
    ... toy bought at its stores in the run-up to Christmas, Ikea is giving €1 to ... conditions at schools in Africa, specifically in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Ethiopia and Madagascar. Around the meeting-room ...

  • Ban female circumcision now: Burkina Faso's first lady 9 Nov 2009 21:50 GMT
    ... Ban female circumcision now: Burkina Faso's first lady A woman holds the knife ... the Italian Senate, said she wanted the UN General Assembly to adopt a resolution condemning the ...

  • Security Council - Musical Chairs 6 Nov 2009 07:14 GMT
    ... By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS ― In an annual ritual which ... shall see both Nigeria and Gabon replacing Burkina Faso and Libya. Here it's a triumph of ...

  • AGRA and NEPAD partner to increase food security in Africa 9 Nov 2009 15:10 GMT
    ... of AGRA and former Secretary-General of the United Nations. “NEPAD has mobilised public support among ... to improved soil and water management. In Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, for example, 295,000 farmers ...

  • France : Subverting the African people 6 Nov 2009 00:19 GMT
    ... Eyadema of Togo, Captain Blaise Campore of Burkina Faso, General Mobutu Seseseko of Zaire ( now ... on November 5, 1956. A visibly angry United Nations General Assembly passed a motion without ...


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