Prime Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo launched work in Ouagadougou on a sports complex worth over 25 billion FCFA at the COMET in Ouaga 2000, funded by the state budget. EM2S Faso SARL is building it over 15 months.
Burkina Faso's national police announce the arrest of Jean Pingwendé Tighiré, wanted for kidnapping, unlawful confinement, murder and serious banditry committed in Bobo-Dioulasso. He is now in the hands of investigators.
Endeavour Mining, a Gold Sponsor of the 8th SAMAO in Ouagadougou, presented its activities at an exhibition space. The company operates the Mana and Houndé mines in Burkina Faso and reports over 2,000 billion FCFA in local purchases between 2021 and 2025.
Prime Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo launched construction of a R+5 sports hotel at the COMET in Ouaga 2000, for teams and high-level athletes. The project costs over 25 billion FCFA and must be completed within 15 months.
Ivorian police dismantled a suspected counterfeiting ring operating at a money transfer agency in Cocody-Angré, Abidjan. Three suspects were arrested and 2.78 million FCFA in fake banknotes seized.
The Burkinabè Handball Federation is holding a training session from 21 to 25 September 2026 for 35 trainees seeking the IHF D licence. The event is sponsored by Wassa Bondo, director general of the FASP.
In Ziguinchor (Senegal), the DNLT referred two suspects to prosecutors over a transnational trafficking network for sexual exploitation. Seven young women, including minors, were found in an apartment in Kandialang.
On 19 September 2026 in Gaoua, the Sifoka Nobiel de Niobini association helped prepare a site for paving as part of the Faso Mêbo initiative to beautify the town. Its members called on other associations to get involved.
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, members of the AES, are preparing a coordinated stance for the high-level general debate of the 81st UN General Assembly session in New York. A preparatory meeting between foreign ministers and mission heads was held on 21 September 2026.
In Bobo-Dioulasso, residents of Matourkou, Samagan and Logofourousso are urged to be careful around the construction site of a 46-hectare solar power plant. They are asked not to enter the zone and to keep their livestock away from it.
A column by Madina Belemviré on the unsolicited advice new mothers receive after giving birth: improvised diagnoses, criticism of breastfeeding, comparisons and guilt. She urges asking mothers how they are doing.
Cameroon's Finance Minister, Louis Paul Motaze, has announced a precautionary measure targeting 5,971 public servants whose physical presence in Cameroon could not be confirmed. Their September and October 2026 salaries will be held at the Yaoundé I Treasury-Paymaster General, and they have until…
The foreign ministers of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger held a preparatory meeting in New York to align their interventions at the 81st session of the UN General Assembly. They intend to jointly voice the AES Confederation, including at a side event.
Mali's transitional president, General Assimi Goïta, inaugurated the Centre d'intelligence artificielle et de robotique du Mali (CIAR-Mali) in Kati, funded from the national budget. The centre is meant to support research and training in priority sectors such as agriculture, health, security and…
Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC and Chinese President, extends greetings to farmers and rural workers ahead of the ninth Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival. He calls for sustained efforts to advance comprehensive rural revitalisation.
From 22 to 27 September 2026, Ouagadougou hosts the 16th International Tourism and Hospitality Fair (SITHO), focused on financing tourism projects. The Guiriko region is guest of honour, and an AES tourism forum is planned.
Four journalists arrested in Yaoundé at the close of the Islamic Development Bank Group days were held for five days over the alleged disappearance of the economy minister's glasses. The glasses were reportedly found the next day, and the journalists were released on 21 September 2026 without…
At the third straw poll of the UN Security Council, Macky Sall's candidacy to succeed António Guterres received 5 encouraging votes and 9 discouraging ones, a decline from previous rounds. Rebeca Grynspan leads with 9 encouraging votes.
The foreign ministers of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger held a preparatory meeting in New York ahead of the opening of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly. They aligned their talking points and planned a side event on the AES Confederation.
President Ibrahim Traoré says Burkina Faso has produced nearly 300 armoured vehicles since November 2025 and that several national defence companies exist, whose identities remain confidential. He revealed this while meeting young women scientists.
