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The UAE’s Khalifa Fund for Business Development has provided about $10 million in financial support to Burkina Faso to create 50,000 jobs for the youth in the West African nation. The agreement was signed by the president of the Khalifa Fund, Hussain Jasim Al Nowais, and the Burkinabe minister in charge of youth, Salfo Tiemtoré. […]
A majority of lawmakers in Burkina Faso voted a new law providing for extending funding and training to local vigilantes in response to the growing firepower of jihadist groups in the Sahel nation. Vigilante groups called koglweogo – “guardians of the bush” in the Moore language – will be the first beneficiaries of the fund. […]
Morocco has been awarded ‘A’ rating by the UN Human Rights Committee for adopting the law on the national mechanism for the prevention of torture, designating its National Human Rights Council as the operative body. The North African kingdom is among the five countries that topped this year the UN committee’s ranking for the implementation […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has just allocated €48.82 million to Burkina Faso for the construction of a solar plant. The funding was allocated in the form of a loan to build a 52 MW power plant as part of the bank’s “Desert to Power 2020-2024” initiative. Upon completion, the plant will provide energy to […]
King Mohammed VI has condemned the despicable terror attack that targeted lately a mining company convoy in Burkina Faso, leaving nearly 40 dead. In a message sent to President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré of Burkina Faso, the Monarch strongly denounced this appalling attack and offered him his heartfelt condolences, expressing his sympathy to the grieving […]
The Presidents of Burkina Faso, Comoros and Sao Tome and Principe have expressed , at the UN General Assembly, strong support to the process initiated under the exclusive auspice of the United Nations to reach an enduring political solution to the Sahara issue. “Burkina Faso reiterates its support for the ongoing political process, led under […]
The Commander of the US Africa Command, General Stephen Townsend, is undertaking this week his first multi-country regional visit to West Africa. On Tuesday, General Stephen Townsend met in Ouagadougou with President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré of Burkina Faso and several other Burkinabe and allied military leaders. Meetings focused on building a comprehensive understanding […]
Mauritania’s new President Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani has chosen Burkina Faso for his first international trip since ascending to power last month. The retired general turned President will attend the G5 meeting on security in the Sahel region, convening in the West African country on September 13. Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad and Mali form […]
In Burkina Faso, extremists have killed at least 24 soldiers in the country’s northern Soum Province near Mali’s border. In a statement released on Tuesday, the military said several more soldiers were wounded in the attack in Soum Province. The military said an air and land operation has been launched “in reaction to the barbaric […]
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) plans to build one million water tanks in Senegal, Niger and Burkina Faso to address the water deficit experienced by these Sahel nations. Water is becoming increasingly scarce in Sahel countries, which often already suffer from a structural shortage of water infrastructure. FAO’s initiative will provide some 20,000 women […]