Burkina Faso

The election of the new office of the Independent National Electoral Commission is a big deal. The election, which was scheduled for last Monday, has been postponed until Thursday 15 July. The opposition parties challenge the representative of the usual chief. The candidate nominated by the ordinary chief is one of the candidates for the post of President of the Electoral Commission. According to the Election Act, the chairman of the Election Commission must come from civil society. But opponents suspect him of being an…

We know more about the reorganization of the French military system in the Sahel. The G5 countries - Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Chad - met on Friday, July 9, via video conference. French President Emmanuel Macron attended the second sequence of this summit. One month after announcing the gradual end of Operation Barkhane, he presented the outlines of the new French military system in the…

Paul Daumont is a young Burkinabè cyclist who will participate in the Olympics in Tokyo. He is currently cycling the biggest jump in West and Central Africa. From day one of the Olympics, he will be on the track, or rather on the road. A few tens of kilometers southwest of Tokyo, 21-year-old Paul Daumont, of whom almost four…

Burkina Faso will create a label for bicycle chicken. The Ministries of Trade and Animal Resources announced this week. Chicken is one of the most consumed meats by Burkinabè households. In Ouagadougou alone, 80,000 chickens are used every day. But bicycle chicken faces stiff competition from imported chickens, hence the need for a label.…

In Burkina Faso, thousands of protesters marched through the streets of the capital to condemn the country's insecurity. At the urging of opposition parties and certain civil society organizations, the protesters called for strong measures to curb the attacks attributed to jihadist groups. as reported from Ouagadougou, Yaya…

The opposition and part of civil society called for demonstrations on Saturday across the country to express their dissatisfaction with the security situation. Last weekend, spontaneous marches took place in several cities in the Center North and Sahel region. On Wednesday night, President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré fired his defense and security ministers. Despite this gesture, the call to demonstrate…

In Burkina Faso, the first meeting of the reorganized government. The members of the government made their first contact on Thursday, July 1, a few hours after the announcement of the new team. The head of government took the opportunity and explained the reasons for this change and the assignment that awaits the new team. as…

"The long-awaited ministerial organization has therefore taken place," he exclaims Paalga Observer. As we suspected for some time, Defense Minister Chérif Sy and his security colleague Ousséni Compaoré were fired and replaced by the head of state himself and who until then were the delegate for African integration and Burkinabè abroad, Maxime Koné. By dismissing them, the tenant in Kosyam thus meets some of the demands of…

President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré shuffles his team. Chérif Sy, who until then was Minister of Defense, is leaving the government, as is Ousseini Compaoré, Minister of Security. They are paying the price for the latest attacks in Solhan and against a police team on June 21. The population had expressed their anger over the rise and violence in attacks attributed to jihadist groups.…

In Dakar, an official ceremony took place on Tuesday, June 29 to launch the next Fespaco, which will take place from October 16 to 23 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Senegal is the guest of honor at the 27th edition of the Pan-African Film and Television Festival. Originally scheduled for February, this major cultural event has been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.…