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• Al Qaeda claims kidnapping Italians in Mauritania

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  Nouakchott/Rome, Dec 29 (DPA) Italy’s Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said Monday he will travel to Mauritania where Al Qaeda’s North African branch has claimed to have kidnapped an Italian couple.“I will not comment any further, so as not to prejudice the safety of our nationals,” Frattini said in an ...
  20 hours ago

• On December 25

  
  IntLawGrrls — Authority: 483
  On this day in ... ... 1985 , an ongoing armed conflict in West Africa, sometimes called the Agacher War because it centered in a resource-rich Agacher Strip between Burkina Faso and Mali , intensified when the troops from the latter country attacked a number of border posts and police stations in the former ...
  4 days ago

• Last-Minute Holiday Gifts

  
  SICKA THAN AVERAGE — Authority: 432
  Dont stress about the holiday shopping you couldve or shouldve done. We all wish wed started earlier, but whats done is done, so what matters is the present. What can you do now to remedy the situation? Here, a few...
  5 days ago

• COP 15 – end notes.

  
  On the BorderLine — Authority: 130
  Keith Lockitch writes: Whats not widely acknowledged is the fact that preindustrial countries have always been vulnerable to drought and hurricanes and heat waves and so onand they always will be so long as they remain preindustrial. What keeps them at risk is not the possibility of large-scale changes to the ...
  5 days ago

• Malian linked to Italian kidnap arrested - sources

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 693
  Source: Reuters (Corrects 7th paragraph to Mauritanias private ANI news agency from Mauritanias government AMI news agency) NOUAKCHOTT, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Mauritanian security forces have arrested a Malian ...
  6 days ago

• Denmark Helps Fund Water And Sanitation Projects in Burkina Faso

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 152
  Burkina Faso has received some 40 billion CFA francs from Denmark for the water and sanitation sector, the Economy and Finance Ministry has told APA. The current access rate to clean water in Burkina Faso is 61 per cent, with 40,000 wells and boreholes, and 1,500 dams and other retaining reservoir. The underground ...
  6 days ago

• What side of the road?

  
  6000 miles from civilisation... — Authority: 129
  Ever wanted to know what side of the road they drive on in… Burkina Faso? Of course you have. It’s one of those questions that comes up at virtually every single dinner party, isn’t it? But it’s also one that no-one seems to definitively know the answer to, prompting discussions at dinner and palaver at pub ...
  6 days ago

• Italy uses all channels to free Mauritania hostages

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 693
  Source: Reuters * Italy using all channels to secure their release * EU official says couple may now be in Mali (Adds EU official, paragraphs 3, 11-12) ROME, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Italy is using political and ...
  1 week ago

• Italy confirms couple kidnapped in Mauritania

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 693
  Source: Reuters ROME, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Italys Foreign Ministry confirmed an Italian couple has been kidnapped in Mauritania and said it had activated all political and diplomatic channels to secure their release ...
  1 week ago

• Italian couple missing in eastern Mauritania

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 693
  Source: Reuters * Italian couple missing in eastern Mauritania * Local reports suggest pair may have been kidnapped (Recasts) NOUAKCHOTT, Dec 19 (Reuters) - An Italian couple were missing and their bullet- ...
  1 week ago

• SEAL THE DEAL!

  
  WERI CHANNEL — Authority: 114
       The Seal the Deal! campaign is mobilising political leaders, the business sector and civil society on an ambitious, global scale to raise a strong call for urgent and united action on climate change.     Combating climate change is an investment with strong returns, today and for many generations to ...
  1 week ago

• Italian, wife missing in eastern Mauritania

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 693
  Source: Reuters NOUAKCHOTT, Dec 19 (Reuters) - An Italian and his wife were missing and their car was found abandoned in eastern Mauritania, near the border with Mali, diplomatic sources said on Saturday. The ...
  1 week ago

• US charges 3 Al Qaeda men with drug trafficking to finance global terror

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  New York, Dec 19 (IANS) US prosecutors have charged three alleged Al Qaeda associates with trying to set up a drug trafficking ring in Africa to help finance terror operations across the globe.“Today’s allegations reflect the emergence of a worrisome alliance between Al Qaeda and transnational narcotics ...
  1 week ago

• Etruscans Youga Gold Mine reports positive cash flow in fourth quarter

  
  MINING.com News — Authority: 180
  HALIFAX, Dec. 17 /CNW/ - Etruscan Resources Inc. (EET.TSX) reported today that gold production for the fourth quarter ended November 30, 2009 at the Youga Gold Mine located in Burkina Faso, West Africa was 18,927 ounces bringing the total annual
  1 week ago

• Ivory coast cuts roadblocks but trade still menaced

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 693
  Source: Reuters * Ivory Coast army says dismantling roadblocks * Businessmen, truckers remain sceptical * Rackets cost business hundreds of millions of dollars By Tim Cocks ABIDJAN, Dec 16 (Reuters) - ...
  1 week ago

• Vital Metals finds Doulnia high-grade gold

  
  MINING.com News — Authority: 180
  Source: News Bites Vital Metals Ltd has encountered high-grade gold mineralisation in an exposed quartz reef system at Doulnia/Campala, its new gold project in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Assay results included 23.5g/t Au from material derived from manual
  1 week ago

• Stuttgart’s Lehmann should quit now: Kahn

  
  Soccer News Info — Authority: 154
  Ex-Germany captain Oliver Kahn believes Stuttgart goalkeeper Jens Lehmann should retire immediately following last weekend’s red card, rather than wait until the end of the season. Ex-Arsenal goalkeeper Lehmann is under contract at Stuttgart until June 30 2010, but former Bayern Munich star Kahn says Lehmann should ...
  2 weeks ago

• IMF Executive Board Completes Fifth Review Under PRGF with Burkina Faso and Approves US$54 Million Disbursement

  
  Database of Press Releases related to Africa — Authority: 449
  IMF Executive Board Completes Fifth Review Under PRGF with Burkina Faso and Approves US$54 Million Disbursement  OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina-Faso, December 15, 2009/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the fifth review of Burkina Faso’s ...
  2 weeks ago

• Mediators in Guinean Crisis Urge Junta to Respect Electoral Calendar

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 152
  The 9th session of the International Contact Group on Guinea (ICG-G), held on Sunday in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), has recommended the completion of preparations in Guinea to allow the holding of legislative and presidential polls as soon as possible in 2010. The mediators have also advocated for the implementation ...
  2 weeks ago

• A LOOK ON WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

  
  WERI CHANNEL — Authority: 114
  When the environment becomes less valuable or damaged, environmental degradation is said to occur. There are many forms of environmental degradation.   When habitats are destroyed, biodiversity is lost, or natural resources are depleted, the environment is hurt.     A habitat is a more permanent ecosystem ...
  2 weeks ago

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