At the 7th China-Africa Media Cooperation Forum in Beijing, Burkinabè Communication Minister Pingdwendé Gilbert Ouédraogo called for media and cultural cooperation focused on creation, youth and innovation, including the use of artificial intelligence.
Mali's Prime Minister, General Abdoulaye Maïga, is due to make a working visit to Algeria on 24 August 2026 at the invitation of his counterpart Sifi Ghrieb. He carries a message from President Assimi Goïta for Abdelmadjid Tebboune, amid a rapprochement between the two countries.
On 22 August 2026 in Ouagadougou, the MATM, DGPC, BNSP and SP/CONASUR held a national crisis simulation exercise (floods and an industrial explosion) to test the national ORSEC plan. The exercise identified areas for improvement.
Health Minister Dr Robert Lucien Jean-Claude Kargougou visited the IPDC and the Laabal Brigade in Ouagadougou to commend their sanitation and anti-vector efforts. He stressed that improving living conditions is also a matter of public health.
On 21 August 2026, the Ouagadougou I court heard a female genital mutilation case involving six defendants, including an excisor accused of cutting three girls in Bissighin. The prosecution sought prison terms and fines, with the verdict expected on 29 August 2026.
SYNEPES closed its annual training session for secondary school staff in Ouagadougou. The session brought together more than 1,900 participants across several cities in Burkina Faso, up from about 1,600 the previous year. The union faces a growing need for training facilities.
In Dédougou, the artisanal gold miners' association and the employers' federation of the Bankui region handed over equipment (a table, a concrete mixer, tricycles, paving moulds, wheelbarrows) worth a total of 13,230,500 FCFA to the regional coordination of the Faso Mêbo Agency to beautify the…
The National Major Projects Bureau and Coris Bank International signed a memorandum in Ouagadougou to mobilise 400 billion CFA francs for health and education projects, including regional university hospitals and schools. The Coris Group also announced a 100 million CFA franc donation for children…
The Governor of the region announces the gradual closure, from Monday 24 August 2026, of several clinical and medical-technical services at the Souro Sanou University Hospital Centre in Bobo-Dioulasso, as part of a rehabilitation programme funded by the Presidential Health Initiative. Emergency…
The Société de transport en commun (SOTRACO) planted 200 caïlcedrat seedlings along the Gonsé-Koubri bypass road in Ouagadougou on 22 August 2026. The company pledges to maintain the trees and to repeat the campaign every year.
The WHO ranked Burkina Faso first in francophone Africa, second in Africa and fifth globally for the availability of health workforce data, with its score rising from 89% to 93%. The recognition was announced at the annual technical review and planning meeting in Johannesburg (August 17-21, 2026).
The 3rd edition of the Académie des tout-petits educational holiday camp closed in Ouagadougou on 22 August 2026. About fifty children aged 4 to 14 learned civic duty, first aid and road safety.
In Gaoua, the second edition of the Maracana Alliance Multi-Services tournament added petanque, archery and Scrabble alongside football. The competitions, launched on 22 August 2026, bring together participants from several localities.
In Gaoua, Gnanou Issa, a certified primary school teacher, also works as a welder. He opened his workshop in 2017 and trains young apprentices, arguing that school and manual trades can complement each other.
Health Minister Robert Lucien Kargougou visited the Brigade Laabal on 21 August 2026 and praised its sanitation work, including gutter clearing, presented as a way to prevent malaria.
Burkina Faso will hold the 2026 edition of the National Days of Patriotic Commitment and Citizen Participation (JEPPC) from 2 to 16 October. The organising committee, chaired by the Ministry of Justice, was officially installed on 17 August 2026.
This article explains the practice of customers who pay for purchases with Orange Money and then ask the operator to block the transaction, claiming a wrong recipient. It details the offence of fraud under the Burkinabè Penal Code, punishable by two to five years in prison.
China's foreign trade is more balanced this year, with imports growing faster than exports for five consecutive months. The Ministry of Commerce says it will keep opening its market.
The National Firefighters Brigade (BNSP) reports three deaths and six seriously injured in a road accident on the RN10 at Dédougou and two body recoveries in Koudougou. It urges caution on the roads and near water points.
The Académie Technologique du Faso (ATF) has launched a call for expressions of interest to build a supplementary pool of associate teachers and experts ahead of its academic start on 1 October 2026. Candidates from the diaspora are particularly encouraged to apply online.
