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Burkina Faso

in Soum, armed men before their team on gold mines

In Burkina Faso, the security situation continues to deteriorate in Soum province, in the north of the country, on the border with Mali. For several weeks, armed men have taken control of gold laundries, one of the most important economic activities in the region. This is especially the case with the Inata mine. "Today it is…

Burkina Faso’s mining trade was singled out for corruption

REN-LAC, the nationwide anti-corruption community, is holding its fifteenth anti-corruption day this week. This yr, this Burkinabè civil society group has chosen to debate corruption within the mining sector. From mining concessions to customs controls, corruption is alleged to be in any respect ranges within the sector, in…

in the absence of consensus, the CDP will not appeal

The Congress of Democracy and Progress, the party of former President Blaise Compaoré, says it "notes" the preliminary results of the presidential election, announced by the Electoral Commission. The CDP had planned to appeal its findings following the irregularities observed during the vote. However, in the face of the lack of unanimity and consensus with the other opposition parties that signed the…

After his great victory, President Kaboré faced the security challenge

Re-elected with 57.87% of the vote according to preliminary results, the outgoing president of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, begins his second term. The deterioration of the political and security situation on the ground risks complicating the presidential candidate's campaign promise to build "a better Burkina Faso for all populations". Portrait.…

President Kaboré’s party does not receive a legislative majority

The Independent National Electoral Commission (Céni) announced the preliminary results of the legislative elections on Saturday night, Sunday 29 November. The People's Movement for Progress, part of the re-elected President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, received 56 deputies. But it has no absolute majority, set at 64 seats. This means that he must rely on the other parties in the party alliance for the…

why one in two voters did not vote

The turnout for the November 22 presidential election, led by Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, was 50.79%. One in two voters therefore did not vote, let alone Burkinabè who were not registered. RFI gives them the floor. With our special correspondent in Ouagadougou, Carine FrenkAccording to confirming sources, Burkina Faso is…

re-elected, President Kaboré intends to advocate appeasement

With 57.87% of the vote according to the preliminary results, President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré won the first round of the presidential election. He succeeded in his famous knockout shot and leaves a second period. Eddie Komboïgo, from the CDP, the former ruling party, comes in second (15.48% of the vote) and Zéphirin Diabré, the current opposition leader, comes in third with just over 12% of the…