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ShelterBox launches response to Tropical Cyclone Freddy in Eastern Africa

Longview News-Journal 26 Apr 2023
In Malawi, there has been significant loss of life, property, and critical infrastructure. ShelterBox is working around the clock to respond and provide life-saving aid to families who lose everything in an instant." ... It is also supporting people displaced by conflict in Ukraine, Yemen, Syria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, and Mozambique.
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When exactly will India surpass China as most populous?

Lebanon Express 11 Apr 2023
Likewise, adding up the populations of Burkina Faso and Eswatini gives you the same population as the state of Florida ... Burkina Faso (20.3 million) and Eswatini (1.1 million). Unrest and security issues are making everyday life a challenge for people in Burkina Faso ... The life expectancy in Djibouti has climbed by more than 20 years since 1960.
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France: Marseille building collapses, fire stymies rescues

The Associated Press 09 Apr 2023
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Just weeks after Burkina Faso's junta ousted hundreds of French troops, signs appeared that the West African country could be moving closer to Russia, including the mercenary outfit, the Wagner Group ... Burkina Faso’s government said it has no plans to contract Wagner.
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After Burkina Faso ousts French, Russia’s Wagner may arrive

Federal News Radio 08 Apr 2023
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Just weeks after Burkina Faso’s junta ousted hundreds of French troops, signs appeared that the West African country could be moving closer to Russia, including the mercenary outfit, the Wagner Group ... OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Just ...
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After Burkina Faso ousts French, Russia's Wagner may arrive

Times Argus 07 Apr 2023
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Just weeks after Burkina Faso's junta ousted hundreds of French troops, signs appeared that the West African country could be moving closer to Russia, including the mercenary outfit, the Wagner Group ... Burkina Faso’s government said it has no plans to contract Wagner.
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Filmmakers hope to break culture of silence around FGM

The Irish Times 28 Mar 2023
Creators of Koromousso ... Sally Hayden ... Koromousso ... In the film, she explains that she was told by her mother that if she didn’t undergo the procedure she would be excluded from society and prevented from marrying or living a good life. Other women featured in the film come from Burkina Faso and Guinea, and have similar stories ... .
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Lambers: Feed the hungry

Rutland Herald 17 Mar 2023
In Burkina Faso, the U.N ... $505 million to provide “lifesaving and life changing assistance” to over 3 million people this year. WFP says “An estimated 19,800 people across Burkina Faso’s Sahel Region will experience catastrophic levels of hunger” unless action is taken.
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Celebrating Africa’s strong showing at 73rd edition of the Berlin International Film Festival

Mail Guardian South Africa 06 Mar 2023
Of the A-list film festivals, the Berlinale, which ran from 16 to 26 February, is perhaps the most welcoming of global diversity and, through several initiatives, has often supported African filmmakers and their projects ... In A Golden Life, Boubacar Sangaré follows a group of children as they labour at a gold mine in southern Burkina Faso ...
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France to reduce troops in Africa in new strategy

Business Ghana 01 Mar 2023
Mr Macron described the group as the life insurance of failing regimes. French troops were also asked to leave Burkina Faso in January amid a growing anti-France sentiment ... --Advertisements--. .
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Who was Thomas Sankara, the revolutionary anti-colonist who gave his life fighting neocolonialism?

Indian Express 25 Feb 2023
When asked about his revolutionary goals, Thomas Sankara once said, \u201cOur economic ambition is to use the strength of the people of Burkina Faso to provide, for all, two meals a day and drinking water.\u201d A life cut short and a dream shattered While Sankara was wildly ...
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Africa’s largest film festival offers hope in Burkina Faso

The Associated Press 25 Feb 2023
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — The late Burkina Faso revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara was reburied Thursday, eight years after his body was exhumed as part of an investigation ... All the coffins were draped in Burkina Faso flags with a photo beside them ... A Burkina Faso military tribunal sentenced him to life imprisonment.
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Iconic West African leader Sankara reburied in Burkina Faso

Metro USA 23 Feb 2023
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader, Thomas Sankara, was reburied Thursday, eight years after his body was exhumed as part of an investigation ... All the coffins were draped in Burkina Faso flags with a photo beside them ... A Burkina Faso military tribunal sentenced him to life imprisonment.
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Revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara reburied in Burkina Faso

Al Jazeera 23 Feb 2023
The body of Burkina Faso’s revolutionary and charismatic leader Thomas Sankara has been reburied alongside 12 comrades at the spot of their assassination nearly 30 years ago ... All the coffins were draped in Burkina Faso flags with a photo beside them.
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New drone footage shows scale of Bakhmut's destruction

Springfield News-Sun 23 Feb 2023
The footage — shot Feb. 13 — shows no people. But they are still there -- somewhere, out of sight, in basements and defensive strongholds, trying to survive ... The size of the garrison that Ukraine has stationed in the city is kept secret ... 1 ... Kelly to learn if he effectively gets ‘life’ sentence ... Iconic West African leader Sankara reburied in Burkina Faso.
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Medical charity MSF suspends operations in Burkina Faso to assess risk

Reuters 18 Feb 2023
MSF said that for an indefinite period it will only respond to life-saving emergencies in all areas where it provides medical and humanitarian support in Burkina Faso ... The group has over 1,000 staff in Burkina Faso and operates in around a dozen localities across the country.

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