The National Identification Office (ONI) is opening several enrolment sites in Ouagadougou for the AES Biometric Identity Card (CIB-AES), as part of ID Day 2026. The campaign runs until 16 September 2026, with a 48-hour issuance period.
A school complex in Saaba, Burkina Faso, is recruiting four driver-couriers and a boarding house supervisor on fixed-term contracts. Applications must be sent by email before 19 September 2026.
On 11 September 2026, 300 new non-commissioned officers of the National Gendarmerie, including 15 women, received their shoulder insignia at the National School of Non-Commissioned Officers in Bobo-Dioulasso, after two years of training.
On September 10, 2026, police in Manga (Zoundwéogo province) carried out "Operation Helmet Shield" to remind riders that helmets must be worn at night as well as during the day. About a hundred people were made aware during checks on the main roads.
Algeria will close its airspace to civilian and military aircraft registered in the United Arab Emirates from midnight on September 11, following the severing of diplomatic relations. UAE commercial flights to Algiers remain allowed until the end of 2026.
At its ordinary General Assembly, the Burkinabè Football Federation (FBF) decided to double its championship prize money from the 2026-2027 season. The men's champion will receive 25 million CFA francs, and the federation is also increasing subsidies to affiliated clubs.
Zimbabwe has added September 15 to its public holiday calendar as "Munhumutapa Day", a date that coincides with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's birthday. The measure, made official by Statutory Instrument 148 of 2026, has drawn criticism from the opposition and civil society.
Burkina Faso plans to build 40 university complexes under the IPEQ initiative. The first, at Nazi-Boni University in Bobo-Dioulasso, was inaugurated on 11 September 2026 by President Ibrahim Traoré.
At its ordinary General Assembly in Ouagadougou on 12 September 2026, the Burkinabè Football Federation announced that the national champion will receive 25 million FCFA from the 2026-2027 season, up from 12.5 million. Club subsidies and other championship prizes are also being doubled.
During an exchange with students in Bobo-Dioulasso on 11 September 2026, President Ibrahim Traoré announced the creation of a tannery factory to process hides locally. The announcement follows the inauguration of the TEXFORCES-BF textile complex.
Mali has officially handed over the Vice-Presidency of the World Customs Organization's West and Central Africa region to the Central African Republic after two years of mandate. The new Vice-President, Colonel Frédéric Théodore Inamo, was received in Bamako.
In Dédougou, in the Bankui region, the regional trade directorate (DRICA) inspected about a dozen shops on 11 September 2026. Two shops were sealed for failing to display prices, and inspections will continue.
Burkinabè filmmaker Apolline Traoré celebrates her birthday on the set of "La Gardienne de l'Océan Vert" in a Guinean forest, surrounded by a pan-African and international crew. She expresses gratitude to her team, to Guinea and to her family.
The regional Trade Directorate of Koulsé carried out an inspection operation in Kaya from 7 September 2026. About twenty gas cylinders were seized for illicit pricing, and a trader received a formal warning for failing to declare a storage site.
Video published by RTB (Radiodiffusion Télévision du Burkina) on 12 September 2026.
The 2nd national conference on artificial intelligence, "Impact IA 2026", held in Abidjan from 9 to 11 September, identified eleven priority use cases in administration, agriculture, health, education and the private sector. The aim is to turn the national strategy into operational projects by 2028.
AURORA Drilling, a Burkinabè mining drilling company led by Maryse Traoré Sédogo, is taking part in SAMAO 2026 and SEMH-AES in Ouagadougou from 14 to 19 September 2026. The article presents the company, its services and its social initiatives.
The Bielméra Mining project, financed by citizen savings through the APEC in the Djôrô region, is about 90% complete. Technical trials are scheduled for October 2026, with a capacity of 100 tonnes of ore per day.
The TEXFORCES BF textile plant, inaugurated in Bobo-Dioulasso in the presence of President Ibrahim Traoré, is expected to create 20,000 direct and 60,000 indirect jobs. It will cover the full textile chain, from spinning to garment making.
At a round table in Geneva marking 40 years of the Declaration on the Right to Development, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Awa Dabo denounced persistent inequalities, including gaps in education spending, lagging SDG progress and perilous youth migration.
