Burkina Faso

On Saturday, October 31, the campaign for the presidential and legislative elections begins on November 22. 13 candidates including the outgoing president and one woman will win the election. This campaign is held in a tense security context. The country has registered nearly one million internally displaced people after attacks attributed to jihadists. Several parts of certain regions are in…

Although hailed by the president of Faso at the end of last week, the volunteers' contribution to the defense of the homeland against terrorism has drawn criticism. as reported from Ouagadougou, Yaya BoudaniThe collective against impunity and stigmatization of society, the Burkinabè Movement for Human Rights and Human Rights…

In Burkina Faso, gold has grow to be crucial export product since 2008. From 10 mines in operation in 2010, the nation has grown to 17 mines 10 years later (as of 30 June 2020). By way of export earnings, they went from 974 billion CFA francs in 2016 to 1.420 billion in 2019. Burkina predicts a manufacturing of 53 tonnes for…

In Burkina Faso, the various actors involved in the next election promise not to add fuel to the fire in an already fragile context. Candidates, media leaders, social organizations, activists signed a pact on good behavior under the leadership of the General Communications Council for a campaign and peaceful elections. as…

In Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré took status over five years spent at the helm of the country: fight against terrorism, Covid-19 and its consequences, G5 Sahel, social conflicts, etc. On October 15 at RFI he announced that he had not the outstretched hand of former President Blaise Compaorés. Several opposition politicians had qualified this exit as an election promise aimed at attracting…

In Burkina Faso, the number of active cases is 399 in eleven regions of the country. A number rising given the numbers for the past two weeks, according to the coordinator of the Operations Center for Response to Health Situations. Burkinabè will have to learn to live with Covid-19, but above all pay extra attention to respect for barrier movements. And the Harmattan period with its dry wind is not meant to improve the situation. Last week, the country registered 93 cases. This week there are 46 new positive cases.…

In Burkina Faso, the Constitutional Council on Thursday evening, October 22, published the final list of candidates for the November 22 presidential election. Thirteen freer runners, including one woman. Among them the current president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, but also Zéphirin Diabré, the leader of the opposition or Yacouba Isaac Zida, former prime minister of the transition, in exile in Canada.…

In Burkina Faso, after a week of work, the ad hoc committee of 22 experts and personalities completed the revision of the electoral register. Experts concluded that the biometric electoral register is reliable and ready for elections on 22 November 2020. The opposition had requested an independent review of the case following concerns over cases of possible multiple registrations. with our correspondent in Ouagadougou, The audit operation consisted of evaluating the conformity of the electoral register with the…

In Burkina Faso, hundreds of teachers have had to abandon their students after attacks by armed groups, and more than 2,100 schools have been closed following terrorist threats. Today, some professors are waiting for new assignments that are no longer able to return to their old position. Botou is located in the eastern region of Burkina Faso. The teachers in this municipality have received several visits from armed men. The message was clear: no more teaching French in the schools. Out of fear for their lives, these…

Thirty-three years after the assassination of former Burkinabé president Thomas Sankara, the case was referred to the control chamber of the Ouagadougou Military Tribunal, which according to authorities gives hope for a trial in 2021. lawyers for the deceased's family broke the news last Thursday. But France has not delivered all its archives, hence the impatience, expressed in a press release from the international network "Justice for Sankara, justice for Africa". In 2017, during a visit to Burkina Faso, French…