Da Oho Safiatou, a top-ranked CM2 pupil at the Gaoua C public primary school, lives with a motor disability she has had since age five. She dreams of becoming a doctor.
After their 4-1 defeat to Côte d'Ivoire, the Etalons Dames of Burkina Faso say they are ready to bounce back against Tanzania at the women's AFCON in Morocco. Coach Issa Balboné and captain Balkissa Sawadogo discussed the psychological work and the game plan.
The Council of Ministers adopted a decree organising mass registration to issue an electronic unique identifier to every citizen, as part of the WURI project. It also adopted a decree creating the general directory of vocational training trades, targeting 14 priority sectors.
As of 30 June 2026, Burkina Faso's industrial mines had produced about 26 tonnes of fine gold. The SONASP collected about 29 tonnes from artisanal and semi-mechanised mining, against an annual forecast of 45 tonnes.
Mining companies SOMISA and Toèga launched their annual reforestation campaign on 28 July 2026 in Ganzourgou province, with the "One pupil, one tree" project initially involving 100 pupils at the Mankarga V8 primary school.
The Djôrô regional special delegation handed out food (rice and oil) in Gaoua to 79 vulnerable students, through the CROU. The donation aims to improve their study conditions.
The 2026 mandatory patriotic immersion has been launched in Gaoua at the Bafuji high school, with 1,445 new bachelor's graduates starting a thirty-day training spread across four sites. Djôrô regional governor Siaka Barro presided over the ceremony.
At a regional workshop in Koubri (Burkina Faso) on 28–29 July 2026, the "Associations de Professionnels de la Santé" (APS) project, led by ENDA Santé, reviewed four years of advocacy in Burkina Faso, the DRC and Senegal. Several health professional associations report changes in health policy.
Economy and Finance Minister Aboubacar Nacanabo reached 60.66% of his objectives contract as of 30 June 2026. In the first half, 1,939 billion FCFA in revenue was collected and 200 billion FCFA mobilised for the first phase of the Ouagadougou-Bobo highway.
The LIEN Association celebrates its tenth anniversary in Ouagadougou with three days of panels on taxation, investment attractiveness, mining and financing, with the diaspora taking part. The celebrations end with a large tree-planting operation. The private sector stresses the need for national…
A 14-year-old Burkinabè prodigy, Chérif Kounta, founder of Alpha IA, has designed "FasoNova", an artificial intelligence. The article presents this technology project in Burkina Faso.
The official launch of the second session of the Mandatory Patriotic Immersion (IPO) took place on 28 July 2026 in Koupéla, with more than 65,000 new baccalaureate holders to be trained across several regions of the country. Prime Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo presided over the ceremony.
The DRC has announced the surrender of FDLR combatants, Rwandan Hutu rebels operating in the east, under the Washington Agreement. The article remains cautious: it concerns only about one of six camps, and Rwanda disputes the announcement's significance.
The Ministry of Health marked World Hepatitis Day in Ouagadougou on 28 July 2026, under the theme "Hepatitis: let's break down barriers". Authorities stressed hepatitis B vaccination, screening and treatment access.
At the Faso Academy 2026 regional qualifier in the Djôrô region on July 27, 2026, Yehoun Déo Gracias took first place with an average score of 16.16/20. The competition will continue in Banfora.
The article denounces the spread of the Ebola epidemic in the DRC (3,262 cases and 1,437 deaths in two and a half months), a response deemed inadequate, and a doctors' strike. It also reports Uganda's declaration of the end of its epidemic, which the author considers premature given WHO…
Kinshasa has announced the signing of a surrender protocol with the FDLR, a Rwandan rebel group operating in the DRC. Kigali has called the announcement a "manipulation", and implementation of the Washington peace agreement remains uncertain.
After xenophobic violence in South Africa targeting African migrants, a South African diplomatic delegation was received in Abuja, Nigeria, to discuss the issue. Nigeria is demanding compensation for its nationals, a demand the editorial considers uncertain to be granted.
Zinédine Zidane was appointed coach of the French national team on July 28, succeeding Didier Deschamps. His task is daunting after Deschamps' long tenure, which included winning the 2018 World Cup. His first match will be in Turkey in the Nations League on September 25.
In its "Coup de cœur" column, the chronicle praises a trader in Dédougou who removed spoiled products worth over one million CFA francs from circulation and handed them to the competent authorities. In its "Coup de gueule" column, it denounces the sale of substandard eggs mixed in with good ones…
