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Burkina Faso

# burkina-faso - Sunday 10 February, 2013

Take A Bow This post contains videos

Super Eagles: Mba’s moment of brilliance wins the African Cup of Nations

NIgeria won the competition for the first time in 19 years this evening.

Preview: Burkina Faso bid to round off ‘Cup of Upsets’ with Soweto win

The Stallions take on Nigeria in tonight’s African Cup of Nations final.

# burkina-faso - Saturday 9 February, 2013

# burkina-faso - Wednesday 23 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Read Me

Column: ‘Women are digging up anthills for the tiny grains inside’

Children mine for gold in home-made pits, while parents risk their lives for food – Jim Clarken describes the harrowing scenes as a crisis unfolds in west Africa.

# burkina-faso - Monday 20 February, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Food Crisis

Ireland gives €5 million in emergency funding to Sahel region

Ten million people are at risk from a growing food crisis in Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Chad, Cameroon and Nigeria.

# burkina-faso - Wednesday 18 January, 2012

AFCON This post contains videos

African Cup of Nations 2012 preview: Group B

Tournament favourites Ivory Coast feature in the second instalment of our guide to each team.

# burkina-faso - Tuesday 6 September, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Libya

Libyan troop convoy reaches Niger and heads for capital but is Gaddafi with them?

Gaddafi remains popular amongst some African tribes for his previous financial backing of them.