Raogo’s Week (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
A column praises anonymous individuals helping with road paving in Ouagadougou and, in parallel, denounces repeat customs fraudsters despite awareness campaigns.
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Burkina: BRICIR unit launches to track road offenders (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
Security Minister Mahamadou Sana launched the BRICIR brigade in Ouagadougou to track road offenders who have not paid their fines and to combat reckless driving. The unit is to expand gradually to regional capitals.
7 p.m. News Bulletin of September 2, 2026 (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
Video published by RTB (Radiodiffusion Télévision du Burkina) on 2 September 2026.
Agro-sylvo-pastoral and fisheries entrepreneurship: FBDES "Tõogo" strengthens the skills of young people and women (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
The director general of FBDES "Tõogo", Ahmadé Nour Guenda, visited two incubation sites for young people and women in agricultural, tree-growing, fish-farming and poultry entrepreneurship in Karpala and Koubri. These business immersions are part of the PADEJ-MR project, mainly funded by the…
1 p.m. News Bulletin, September 2, 2026 (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
Video published by RTB (Radiodiffusion Télévision du Burkina) on 2 September 2026.
Guinea-Bissau: "Yes" wins 70% in constitutional referendum (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
In Guinea-Bissau, the "yes" vote won 70% in the 30 August 2026 constitutional referendum, according to provisional results from the National Elections Commission. The new constitution strengthens the president's powers and precedes general elections scheduled for 6 December 2026.
RN1 in Bobo-Dioulasso: the women who keep small trade and the local economy going (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
On the RN1 near the Bobo-Dioulasso toll booth, women and young girls sell fruit, vegetables and local products. This small trade provides them with income and sustains the local economy.
Textile fraud: more than 7,000 spools of thread seized by the BMCRF (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
The Mobile Brigade for Economic Control and Fraud Suppression (BMCRF) seized more than 7,000 spools of fraudulent weaving thread during an operation in Ouagadougou on 2 September 2026. The seizure applies a communiqué banning imports of weaving thread and woven pagnes.
Security: the CEMGA visits Dori (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
The text provided does not describe the visit announced in the title. It only presents the Burkinabè online media outlet Tiiga Info and its slogan "donner du sens à l'actualité". The content of the CEMGA's visit to Dori is not in the article.
UFOA B Women's: USFA heavily beaten by Edo Queens and see their CAF Women's Champions League dream fade (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
USFA lost 5-1 to Nigeria's Edo Queens in the UFOA B zone qualifying tournament semi-final for the CAF Women's Champions League, at the Stade du 4-Août in Ouagadougou. Edo Queens will play in the final, while USFA is eliminated.
General Diallo spurs our fighting forces in Dori (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
From 31 August to 1 September 2026, Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, General Moussa Diallo, made an operational visit to Dori to troops of the 4th Military Region and the GFSS. He assessed the security posture, visited wounded soldiers and encouraged the security forces and VDP.
ECOWAS: General Birame Diop takes over the Commission for a four-year term (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
Senegalese General Birame Diop took office as President of the ECOWAS Commission on 1 September 2026 in Abuja, for a four-year term succeeding Omar Alieu Touray. Nigerian Anthony Ogunjimi becomes vice-president and a new college of commissioners is installed.
Textile fraud: more than 7,000 spools of thread seized by the BMCRF (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
The Mobile Economic Control and Fraud Repression Brigade (BMCRF) seized more than 7,000 spools of fraudulent weaving thread. The operation enforces a September 2024 communiqué banning imports of weaving thread and woven pagnes.
"They told me I would never be a mother": in Canada, Father Raoul Mambo's moving testimony about the birth of Assida (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
In Canada, Father Raoul Mambo recounts how a woman devastated by a prognosis of infertility became pregnant months after a prayer session in a sacristy. The couple named their daughter Assida as an expression of gratitude.
Road safety: the Police launch the BRICIR to strengthen the fight against road incivility (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
The National Police have officially launched the BRICIR, a 32-officer unit tasked with tracking drivers identified through e-ticketing who have not paid their fines, hit-and-run suspects and road traffic offences. Security Minister Mahamadou Sana urged its officers to act professionally.
Burkinabè health expertise: A team from the Manga regional hospital successfully removes a metal object from a girl's stomach (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
A surgical team at the Manga regional hospital (CHR) removed a metal object accidentally swallowed by a 15-month-old girl, which had lodged in her intestine. The centre urges parents to seek care immediately if a child may have swallowed a foreign body.
HONORIFIC DISTINCTIONS IN THE AES: PRIME MINISTER CALLS FOR ENHANCING SAHEL IDENTITIES AND TRADITIONS (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
The Burkinabè Prime Minister received in Ouagadougou the secretaries general of the Grand Chancelleries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, who are holding a first technical meeting on honorific distinctions in the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). He urged them to build an AES-specific model rooted in…
Total reconquest of national territory: Division General Moussa Diallo rallies troops in Dori (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
The Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, Division General Moussa Diallo, visited Dori from 31 August to 1 September 2026 to congratulate and encourage the defence and security forces and VDP. Accompanied by Colonel Issa Yaguibou, he assessed the security setup and visited the wounded.
BURKINA FASO: 308 BILLION FCFA IN REVENUE COLLECTED IN AUGUST (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
Burkina Faso collected 308 billion FCFA in public revenue in August 2026, or 116.22% of the monthly target of 265 billion. Customs, taxes and the public Treasury drove the result, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
Editorial: Four years of the MPSR 2: What to remember? (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
An editorial reviewing four years of the MPSR 2 government in Burkina Faso, led by Captain Ibrahim Traoré. The author highlights the retaking of territory, food self-sufficiency, sovereignty and the role of the AES.