ActuBurkina (opens the outlet's own site)Harry Kane won the Ballon d'Or on Monday, becoming the first Englishman to receive it since Michael Owen in 2001, ahead of Lamine Yamal and Kylian Mbappé. In the women's category, Alexia Putellas won the trophy for the third time.
The "Ligue de la Souveraineté", a new football competition wanted by the head of state under the IP-RELIS initiative, was presented in Ouagadougou. Its pilot phase, with 20 clubs split into two groups, is scheduled to run from January to June 2027.
Prime Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo is representing President Ibrahim Traoré at the 3rd Russia-Africa Summit and the accompanying economic and humanitarian forum in Moscow on 28 and 29 October. He will present Burkina Faso's national priorities there.
Leftist president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wins a fourth term with 51.8% of the vote in the runoff. His rival Flávio Bolsonaro refuses to concede and plans to seek annulment of the election, after a dispute over the extension of voting.
Nigeria has evacuated to Switzerland, of which she is a national, a 42-year-old Ebola patient, the only case recorded in the country. According to the health ministry, her condition has markedly improved.
A steel prism bearing the likeness of Captain Thomas Sankara was unveiled on Saturday 24 October 2026 in a park in Rome's 3rd district, in the presence of Burkina Faso's culture minister and ambassadors. The minister also launched an international fundraising campaign for a Sankara memorial.
During a stay in Rome for tribute days honouring Thomas Sankara, Minister of Culture and government spokesperson Gilbert Ouédraogo visits the new premises of the Burkina Faso embassy, an R+10 building acquired with state funds. He then visits the Thomas Sankara park.
On 23 October in Bunia (Ituri, DRC), the first participants in the Tumaini clinical trial against the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus were vaccinated. The epidemic, the worst ever recorded in the country, has caused more than 9,700 cases and over 4,600 deaths.
Nigeria's health minister, Muhammad Ali Pate, says the country's first recorded Ebola case is under control, with the patient showing marked improvement. The country is tracing 44 contacts.
In Koudougou, the DRICA-NANDO inspected drink prices and stocks at 38 establishments on 21 and 22 October 2026, following consumer complaints about price increases. Nine establishments were sealed.
Security Minister Mahamadou SANA received a delegation from the IUCN led by Balla Moussa SIDIBE, regional director for West and Central Africa. Discussions covered the organisation's missions and prospects for cooperation on nature conservation.
Burkina Faso's foreign minister received Czech special envoy for the Sahel Štěpánka Litecká to discuss bilateral cooperation in economy, trade and youth. Both sides agreed to set up bilateral consultation frameworks.
Burkina Faso signed in Ouagadougou three bilateral roaming agreements with Benin, Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal, aiming for more affordable mobile communications between these WAEMU countries. The minister stressed that the agreements must be effectively implemented.
Burkinabe musician Sydyr (Omar Dao) presents his career, his themes (peace, unity, living together) and his use of national languages. He announces a single in December, a tribute to mothers, and a second album in 2027.
The Barani gendarmerie detachment held civil-military activities on 15 and 16 October 2026 as part of the National Days of Patriotic Commitment and Civic Participation. They included road works, a donation of school supplies and a national flag to the Barani primary school, and games and a…
The Minister of Sports, Youth and Employment received Dravo Steve Aziz, a mechanical engineer who has run a company making local sports equipment since 2016. He is seeking technical support to improve his equipment and grow the business.
The Council of Ministers of 22 October 2026 in Ouagadougou adopted a decree creating the FASO WA-FULU presidential initiative for universal electricity access, two decrees on water resource management, and several reports on civil registry, public-interest expropriations and the Fonds de soutien…
The DGTTM, with the Directorate General of Commerce and the national and municipal police, checked 1,219 vehicles in Ouagadougou on 20 October 2026. Of these, 158 had no registration, and 94 were taken to the impound. The operation is to be extended to other cities in Burkina Faso.
Promoter Coach Simon Ouédraogo presents the 11th Great Conference of Abundance and Prosperity (GCAP), scheduled for 19–22 November 2026 in Ouagadougou, with about a hundred participants from some thirty countries and registration fees of 500,000 to 1,000,000 CFA francs.
The Minister of Territorial Administration and Mobility opened the 6th Annual Conference of Police Commissioners in Ouagadougou, themed on reforming the national police within the RPP framework. The two-day meeting aims to strengthen police effectiveness against security threats.
