ONEA has announced new fees for drinking water network connections, effective 1 September 2026. Households will pay 120,000 FCFA, payable in instalments over 12 months, while companies, industries and large houses will pay 240,000 FCFA in cash.
Customs officers in Bobo-Dioulasso seized 967 bags of spoiled rice, about 24.5 tonnes, valued at 16 million CFA francs and unfit for consumption. The seizure was presented at a flag-raising ceremony at the Port sec.
The National Office for the Securing of Mining Sites (ONASSIM) is holding a three-day workshop in Ouagadougou to train regional governors and regional mining directors in preventing and resolving mining conflicts. Opened by Security Minister Mahamadou Sana, it also aims to improve sector governance.
According to INSD publications, Burkina Faso's industry showed renewed activity in the fourth quarter of 2025, with higher production and turnover. Cash-flow tensions and supply difficulties nonetheless persist.
The ADCT conducted a field tour in the Gulmu region to check projects funded in the communes of Fada N'Gourma, Diabo and Diapangou, including shops, classrooms and health facilities. The region has received nearly 15 billion CFA francs of ADCT investment since 2011.
The Ministry of Energy, Mines and Quarries is organising the 8th SAMAO and the 1st SEMH-AES from 14 to 19 September 2026 at the SIAO site in Ouagadougou. More than 2,000 professionals are expected, around the theme of extractive resource governance.
Senegal is taking a new step towards its first nuclear power plant. The Minister of Energy and Petroleum opened a high-level workshop on setting up the Strategic Committee and the NEPIO, under the IAEA's milestones approach.
At the Council of Ministers on 2 September 2026, President Diomaye Faye called for better monitoring of the oil and gas sector and announced a special session of COS-PETROGAZ. He also asked for the steering bodies of the Intergenerational Fund (FIG) to be activated to validate the investment…
Burkina Faso national team captain Bertrand Traoré officially signed with Wolverhampton on 7 September 2026 for one season, with an option for an additional year if the club is promoted. A free agent after his time at Sunderland, he joins the club to strengthen its attack.
Sports Minister Annick Pikbougoum says no bonuses for the Étalons Dames have been withheld or reduced, and that payments follow the current scale. She rejects the amounts of 350,000 and 100,000 FCFA cited in some statements.
The President of Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has arrived in Bobo-Dioulasso to inaugurate the TEXFORCES-BF textile complex for the defence and security forces and civilians, as well as a 1,200-seat amphitheatre at Nazi Boni University, built under the IPEQ initiative.
A fire broke out in the early hours of 6 September 2026 at SOTRA’s Depot 5 in Koumassi, damaging 55 buses, including 40 that were completely burned out. The company says there were no casualties and an investigation has been opened.
Rahimo FC and Vitesse FC got off to a poor start in their African campaigns. Beaten by Mas de Fès (4-1) and Real Bamako (2-1) respectively, both Burkinabe clubs will need to turn things around in the second leg.
The Senegalese president says the first ladies' foundations will fund 200,000 tickets for schoolchildren to attend Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games, at a cost of CFA 500 million. The private origin of the funds is questioned and draws criticism from the opposition.
The Energy Sector Regulatory Authority (ARSE) opened a validation workshop in Ouagadougou for a model concession contract covering electricity production and distribution. Sector stakeholders are reviewing the consolidated version of the document.
Members of the National Assembly's Finance and Budget Committee (COMFIB) examined the explanatory memorandum of the draft 2026 Supplementary Finance Law on September 6, 2026. They raised questions on revenue, tax exemptions, SMEs and deficit financing.
Burkinabè communities in Ethiopia, Guinea and Libya presented receipts totalling over 31.1 million FCFA in Ouagadougou for the Fonds de soutien patriotique and the Agence Faso Mêbo. The foreign minister praised the mobilisation.
Captain Ibrahim Traoré stopped in Boromo, in the Balé province, on his way to Bobo-Dioulasso, where he is due to officially open the TEXFORCES-BF textile complex on September 9. A large crowd greeted him along the RN1.
Ugandan entrepreneur Sandra Nabakka won the GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize 2026 women's grand prize for SANDI AI Technologies, a startup using artificial intelligence to ease smallholder farmers' access to credit. The announced award is $50,000.
The 2nd edition of the Alliance of Sahel States Games opened on 8 September 2026 in Ouagadougou, with 376 athletes from Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger competing in eleven sports.
