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Former lawmaker abducted in Ouagadougou set free

Issouf Nikièma, former parliamentarian and member of a leading political party in Burkina Faso, kidnapped last Friday July 21 in capital Ouagadougou by an unknown armed man, has been set free, his party announced Tuesday July 25. Union pour le Progrès et le Changement (UPC), Nikiema’s party, announced Tuesday that the politician was released by […]

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Burkina Faso inaugurates its first generic drug manufacturing plant

Burkina Faso’s leading pharmaceutical manufacturing company Propharm has launched the country’s first generic drugs production plant. The Propharm generic drug plant was officially inaugurated on Monday (22 August) by the country’s Prime Minister Albert Ouédraogo. Built by actors of the Burkinabe private sector and named Propharm, this factory, erected on 1.5 hectares in the commune […]