Article: Bukina Faso.(Book review)

Article: A new identity card for the Burkinabe: within two years, ...
African Business;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...With a background in military computer engineering, Pierre Tiendrebeogo became the managing director of the National Office of identification (ONI) in 2006. He is now responsible for a programme to introduce a new identity card for every citizen to replace the old version that is prone to fraud.

Article: A landlocked location can be an asset!(Country Report: ...
African Business;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... and appointed in 2002 as Burkina Faso's ambassador to Washington ... Now, as he explains to African Business, the new prime minister of Burkina Faso wants to leave his mark ... African Business: With a growth rate of ...

Article: Burkina Faso
Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography;      700+ words ...Burkina Faso Official name : Burkina Faso Area: 274,200 square kilometers (105,869 square miles ... Coastline: None Territorial sea limits: None 1 LOCATION AND SIZE Burkina Faso (known as Upper Volta from 1960 until 1984) is a landlocked ...

Article: Genetic characterization of HPAI (H5N1) viruses from poultry and ...
Emerging Infectious Diseases;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... from poultry and hooded vultures in Burkina Faso shows that these viruses belong to 1 ... including Niger, Egypt, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Sudan, and Djibouti ... subtype H5N1) was first confirmed in Burkina Faso. We genetically analyzed influenza ...

Article: Burkina Faso: Politics and Government
Countries of the World;      700+ words ... ... 00-0000 Politics and Government Burkina Faso received its independence from France ... Upper Volta and changed its name to Burkina Faso on August 14, 1984. The country ... demonstrations. During the following 17 years, Burkina Faso experienced several military coups and ...

Article: Burkina Faso launches drive to repatriate citizens ...
AP Worldstream;  November 14, 2002 ;     677 words ... ... 00-0000 Dateline: OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso A government convoy carried hundreds ... vanguard of a new program by neighboring Burkina Faso to bring some of their millions of workers ... Once welcomed as labor, the 3 million Burkina Faso citizens increasingly are targets in ...

Article: IMF and World Bank support additional debt relief for ...
M2 Presswire;  April 15, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Bank support additional debt relief for Burkina Faso under enhanced HIPC Initiative (C ... Association (IDA) agreed this week that Burkina Faso has taken the steps necessary to reach ... Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. Burkina Faso becomes the fifth country to reach this ...