Burkina Faso

The Heads of State of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) decide on the harmonization of the costs of Covid-19 tests and the recognition of the tests carried out by the laboratories authorized to do so in their various countries. The validity of the tests is now five days for travelers in the WAEMU space from the day of sampling. The Heads of State of the Member States of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) have decided to harmonize the costs of Covid-19 screening tests for all travelers…

This meeting follows the series of consultations since the appointment of Zéphirin Diabré to this post. The purpose is to collect proposals for a plan that can lead to national reconciliation. Although the participants do not reject the idea of ​​reconciliation, they believe that certain conditions must be abolished, including compensation to the victims, the truth about certain facts and a timetable…

Unicef ​​and the Ministry of National Education are leading an information campaign for young people on hygienic management of menstruation. According to a survey, 21% of young people go to school every month in Burkina Faso and Niger because of their period, which has a negative impact on their school performance. During this campaign, young girls and boys learn to better understand the female genitals…

Academic and African media specialist Marie-Soleil Frère died on the night of 18 to 19 March. Research director, she taught journalism at the Free University of Brussels, as she did at the University of Ouagadougou. Author of several books, she focused in particular on the role of the media in the political development of French-speaking Africa.…

Since the first cases of Covid-19 appeared in the country in March 2020, young Burkinabè have transposed expressions linked to the pandemic into their daily lives. They had to develop a kind of resistance to a disease that had no vaccine and whose name alone sowed fear. Let us go to the discovery of these terms "covid", that is, linked to Covid-19.…

The conditions for the master's exam have not changed, contrary to rumors that have led some students to demonstrate in the capital. The Ministers responsible for National and Higher Education clarified matters on Thursday 18 March in Ouagadougou. as reported from Ouagadougou, Pedestrian BoudaniFollowing the creation of the new…

Pr. On 31 January 2021, Burkina Faso will host 19,823 Malian refugees. Following the terrorist attacks and the insecurity that began to settle around and in the Mentao refugee camps, in Soum and Goudebo provinces, in Seno, the government and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees have decided to make the camps safer. With our…

One week after his installation, the new opposition leader met the president of Faso. Eddie Komboïgo, President of the Congress of Democracy and Progress, a party founded by former President Blaise Compaoré, went to discuss on Friday 12 March with the head of state the most important topics in the news in his country: the fight against terrorism , the process of national reconciliation leader requires…

"I like the concept of 1 mobile - 1 minute - 1 movie." The first pan-African selection of Mobile Film Festival Africa invites us until March 17 to discover for free films from 51 young directors from 23 African countries driving to the Grand PrixAfrica, equipped with 10,000 euros. Interview with Rwandan director JoëlKarekezi, winner of the prestigious Gold Standard by Yennengaau Fespaco and member of the jury for Mobile Film…

In Burkina Faso, the leaders of the Fulani community and several community leaders from the eastern region were received by the Minister of National Reconciliation. The delegation came to express its concerns about the security situation in the eastern region and called for an intervention by the reconciliation minister with the security forces on the spot to allow the Fulani community to live in peace…