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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
KOUDOUGOUThis week was counterpart workshop and site visit. On Monday we were introduced to our counterparts and started the three day workshop. My CPrsquos name is Alain and hersquos originally from Bobo in the south. He lives in Koudougou now and is a Physics teacher as well as the person who runs the IT room. I am basically going to take over his IT job so that he can spend his time t
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 12/03/2007
A number of dancers from the Noyam African Dance Institute are in the Burkinabe town of Koudougou to participate in a multi cultural festival dubbed "Les Nuits Atypiques", which is set to attract artistes from diverse Africa countries.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/26/2007
The SNH Velo-club is representing Cameroon at the 21st edition of the International cycling tour of Burkina Faso. The competition begins today with fifteen teams of six riders each, in competition. Tega Martinien, Teguimaha Sadrack, Tamno Narcisse, Joseph Sanda, Tekou Damien and Duanla Flaubert of the SNH velo-club, are among the Africans taking part in the race that will end on 4 November 2007.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/14/2007
BY tomorrow, a young military paratrooper captain who hit headlines 20 years ago as the new Head of State of Francophone Burkina Faso, would have spent one score and eight years in the saddle. How time flies!
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 09/05/2007
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- A public square in Beirut, a Singapore skyscraper and a renovated ancient city in Yemen were among the nine winners Tuesday of an award aimed at recognizing architectural achievement in areas where Muslims live.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/30/2007
The World Bank's Board of Executive directors approved today a US$10 million International Development Association credit for Burkina Faso that will support the government's efforts to strengthen the delivery of public services in urban areas of the country, particularly in Ouagadougou, Bobo-Dioulasso, Koudougou, Banfora, Ouahigouya, and Kaya.
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The Head Heeb (Free subscription) | 04/25/2007
Forced marriage, often of girls in their early teens, is a persistent problem in the Sahel. Thus far, legal and educational measures, including bans on child marriage and efforts to keep teenage girls in school, have had limited effect in...
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Alertnet (Free subscription) | 04/23/2007
Source: IRIN OUAGADOUGOU, 23 April 2007 (IRIN) - Kadidiatou Korsaga, director of Burkina Faso's department for girls' education promotion, despairs when asked about the recent case of a 15-year-old girl kidnapped from her school classroom and dragged off for an arranged marriage with an older man.
