Qatar has donated 15 buses and security equipment to Dakar days before the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games open. The gift is part of a Qatari initiative to support countries hosting major sporting events.
Rapper Nicki Minaj publicly endorsed President Donald Trump at a Republican rally in Port Huron, Michigan, ahead of the November US midterm elections. She joined him on stage after travelling aboard Air Force One.
Both chambers of Algeria's Parliament have approved sending People's National Army detachments to Niger to protect Algerian energy interests, including SONATRACH oil projects. The size and start date of the deployment have not yet been specified.
The Monitoring and Liaison Committee (CSL) for Endeavour Mining's projects in Tuy province met in Houndé to review the company's 2026-2030 ESG strategy. Priorities include health, education, support for women and local content.
At the Kamenge Youth Centre in Bujumbura, designer Manuela Minka trained twelve young designers to make clothing from plastic waste and discarded mosquito nets. Their creations were shown at a fashion show held during Green Diplomacy Week.
At the Kamenge Youth Centre in Bujumbura, designer Manuela Minka trained twelve young designers to make clothing from plastic waste and discarded mosquito nets. Their fashion show closed the programme, held as part of Green Diplomacy Week.
Over a hundred candidates sat the written exams on 25 October 2026 in Houndé for the direct recruitment of agents for the commune. The posts include civil engineering works engineer, communication assistant, journalism adviser and office agent.
Nayala High Commissioner Honoré Frédéric Paré met canton chief Émilie Paré in Toma to discuss social cohesion, security and residents' difficulties. He called for complementarity between administrative and customary authorities.
At the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings in Bangkok, Economy and Finance Minister Aboubakar Nacanabo presented Burkina Faso's strategy for food security challenges: mobilising domestic resources, building resilience through production, and targeting aid through a digital social registry.
Review of Council of Ministers meetings in UEMOA countries. Côte d'Ivoire: 2025 budget settlement law, 2027 finance bill, mining exploration permits and a petroleum products decree. Mali: energy efficiency and irrigation decrees, recommendations from the Advisory Council. Niger: three investment…
The regional health directorate of Guiriko and its partners held a meeting with community leaders in Bobo-Dioulasso to prepare the mass treatment campaign against schistosomiasis, scheduled from 26 to 31 October 2026 in four health districts.
Burkinabè Customs seized 150,000 Tapendadol tablets, valued at over 295 million FCFA, hidden in a clinker shipment at the Cinkansé border. The merchant who was to receive them allegedly tried to bribe customs officers with 2,500,000 FCFA.
Oumarou Compaoré, head of the Djoda farm in Matourkou, explains how he has grown pineapples in Burkina Faso since 2020, covering his technical methods, production costs and difficulties obtaining bank financing. He published a guide on the crop in 2023.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been re-elected president of Brazil with 51.78% of the vote against Flávio Bolsonaro, after finishing second in the first round. His opponent says he will contest the result.
Column by Dianyélé Firmin Somda explaining microfinance through the case of a Ouagadougou restaurant owner, then outlining Burkina Faso's legal framework and its figures as of 31 March 2026: 120 licensed institutions and 2,156,354 clients.
Coris Bank International-SA has granted a 4 billion FCFA financing line, split equally between Pallium Group and Black Mode 226, two Burkinabè textile companies. The aim is to support the national textile sector and promote buying local.
As part of the 2026 Rentrée solidaire, the Endeavour Foundation is supporting 504 children and young people in Burkina Faso through scholarships, school supplies and internships. Beneficiaries come from Houndé, Mana and Ouagadougou.
Péni's special delegation chair, Moumouni Ouédraogo, inaugurated the new Centre de lecture et d'animation culturelle (CELPAC) and urged pupils and students to use it regularly. The centre was created as part of the 70th anniversary celebrations of the École primaire publique A de Péni.
Thousands of supporters celebrated in São Paulo and other Brazilian cities after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won the presidential runoff with 51.8% of valid votes against Flávio Bolsonaro, who refuses to accept the result.
Israelis vote on Tuesday in the first national election since the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023. Benjamin Netanyahu's leadership and security issues dominate a deeply divided campaign.
