Burkina Faso's U17 Etalons beat Mali's Aiglons 48-30 in handball on Tuesday 8 September 2026 at Ouaga 2000, as part of the 2nd Alliance of Sahel States (AES) Games. Burkina led 30-11 at half-time.
The Dangote group plans a 700,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Lamu, Kenya, with an estimated investment of $15–16 billion. Launch is scheduled for September 2026, but the supply of crude oil remains an open question.
ONEA denies any official increase of the connection fee to 120,000 FCFA and suspends the early application of this amount. The current 30,500 FCFA fee, described as a refundable deposit, remains in force pending regulatory texts.
Sports minister Annick Lydie Djouma Pikbougoum/Zingué Ouattara says no bonuses owed to the women's national team players were withheld or cut. She responds to former coach Pascal Sawadogo, who suggested unequal pay at the AFCON in Morocco explained the team's poor results.
The Central Brigade for the Fight against Cybercrime (BCLCC) has received a multimedia studio, inaugurated on 8 September 2026 in Ouagadougou by Security Minister Mahamadou Sana. It will produce awareness content on fake news and cybersecurity.
Filming of Abdoulaye Dao's "La Dérive des Bozos" started on 8 September in Nanou (Balé province), backed by 100 million FCFA from the Faso Film Fonds. Adapted from a work by writer Jacques Prosper Bazié, the project was launched in the presence of the culture minister.
The CFPME-B training centre in Ouagadougou is selling seedlings from 500 FCFA until 30 September 2026 to support the national "Reverdir le Faso" reforestation campaign. Its nursery has over one million seedlings from about 100 species, including local ones.
ONEA clarifies that the 30,500 FCFA fee for a water connection is a refundable deposit, not the cost of the works, which the State covers. The announced increase to 120,000 FCFA has not been approved, and its application is suspended pending a regulatory decision.
The title announces public tenders for Wednesday 9 September 2026, but the provided text is about FasoNova, a Burkinabè artificial intelligence designed by 14-year-old Chérif Kounta, founder of Alpha IA.
Maurice Kamto and his vice president Mamadou Mota have resigned from the leadership of the MRC, according to a letter posted on Facebook. The text links the move to post-election tensions, the party’s boycott strategy and preparations for the 2027 legislative and municipal elections.
In Senegal, Prime Minister Ahmadou Al Aminou Lo presented his general policy statement before Pastef MPs. The piece describes his performance as convincing on public finances, governance, health, education and diplomacy.
On 3 September 2026 in Ouagadougou, ANAGRASC and ANPTIC launched an online platform, open until 3 October 2026, to register buyers of land or buildings from SOCOGIB, AZIMMO and SATMO whose files were never completed. The aim is to issue them final land documents.
President Ibrahim Traoré inaugurated the TEXFORCES-BF textile complex in Bobo-Dioulasso, which makes uniforms for the security forces and VDP and processes Burkinabè cotton. Its annual capacities and market expansion goals were presented.
On 8 September 2026, firefighters from CIS5 in Banfora intervened at the entrance of Niangoloko and recovered the bodies of two people who drowned while trying to cross a strong current. The National Fire Brigade urges the public to be cautious during heavy rains.
President Ibrahim Traoré inaugurated the TEXFORCES-BF textile complex in Bobo-Dioulasso, which will make uniforms for the security forces and VDP and process Burkinabè cotton. Its annual capacities and goal of processing up to 50,000 tonnes of cotton were presented.
In Ouagadougou, the launch ceremony for the 2nd edition of the AES Games brought together delegations from Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso. Marked by a pledge from representatives, the event highlighted unity and fair play across eleven sports disciplines.
The Burkina Consumers League closed a national workshop to define new orientations aligned with the RPP. It adopted a three-year plan against high living costs, speculation and anti-competitive practices, while also addressing digital sovereignty.
The TEXFORCES-BF textile factory, run by the Armed Forces of Burkina Faso, is presented as a strategic and unique infrastructure in West Africa. It aims to produce clothing for the defence and security forces as well as for civilian populations.
Former Sierra Leonean president Ernest Bai Koroma has returned home permanently after more than two years of exile in Nigeria, following the dropping of charges against him over the November 2023 घटनements. The article questions this return and the Freetown authorities’ stated desire to ease…
The sale of banned pharmaceutical products continues in the country despite crackdowns. The text denounces a practice described as inhumane and driven by profit at the expense of others' lives.
