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Ouagadougou · OuagadougouOn his farm near Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, Clark Lungren studies and breeds wild animals, some of them endangered species. The Canadian, who has been living in the country for several decades, is also giving tourists an opportunity to see his animals up close. But fighting and unrest in the country has put the farm at risk. VOA’s Gildas Da has more in this report narrated by Jackson Mvunganyi. (Solomane Nikiema contributed to this rep…See the Story
Burkina Faso Wildlife Conservation Farm Struggling in Turbulent Times
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Ouagadougou · OuagadougouBurkina Faso announced an extension of the emergency measures for another year as the war against terrorist groups seems yet to be won. The measures include summoning people aged 18 to fight and entailed curbing freedoms and forming local defense groups. Terrorist activity worsened under-development in the poor country and pushed 2 million people out […]See the Story
Burkina Faso extends emergency measures for another year to fight terror – The North Africa Post
Ouagadougou · OuagadougouOuagadougou (Al-Ittihad) The army in Burkina Faso announced that based on intelligence information, it had set up an ambush in the eastern province of Komungari, killing more than 100 terrorists within 24 hours, the official news agency reported yesterday. The agency quoted sources as saying that the special security services learned yesterday of the arrival of a large group of terrorists in northern Ghayri, specifically to the village of Kayani…See the Story
Burkina Faso.. 100 terrorists were killed in an ambush set up by the army
Ouagadougou · OuagadougouThere has been an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital. The viral disease, also called avian influenza, killed 441 chickens out of a flock of 641 on a farm.See the Story
Bird flu: What is it, how does it spread and how can we protect ourselves from it?
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Ouagadougou · OuagadougouThere has been an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital. The viral disease, also called avian influenza, killed 441 chickens out of a flock of 641 on a farm. There have been several outbreaks bird flu across Africa over the past 18 years. Nigeria was the first African country to report an outbreak in February 2006. Daniel Oluwayelu, a virologist and bird flu expert, tells us more about the disease. What is bird flu? Av…See the Story
Bird flu: what is it, how does it spread and how can we protect ourselves from it?
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Terrorism · OuagadougouIn 2023, the Sahel has become the epicenter of global terrorism, with one in three deaths from this cause worldwide, according to the Global Terrorism Index published by the Institute for Economics and Peace. The coming to power of military juntas in the three countries most affected by the expansion of jihadism, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, and their attempts to forcibly recover part of the territory they had lost to armed groups are behind th…See the Story
The Sahel becomes the epicenter of global terrorism
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Ouagadougou · OuagadougouBurkina Faso, Niger and Mali, three former French colonies, have experienced military coups in recent years. They're now all ruled by military regimes. The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) has condemned these coups. In response, these countries decided to withdraw from Ecowas. However, they remain members of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (Uemoa)See the Story
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger hint at a new west African currency: what it'll take for it to succeed
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