Live News Africa (opens the outlet's own site)Mali's Council of Ministers on 23 October 2026 allocated 211 hectares at Gongasso for a 100 MWp solar plant, declared the Bancoumana agro-industrial park works in the public interest, and adopted the 2025 budget settlement law, with revenue at 103.54% of forecast.
After the deadly attack of 23 October in Trappes and La Verrière, the article calls for a firm response to racist violence, scrutiny of media responsibility, and vigilance over any political use of the tragedy, while noting that no evidence of such instrumentalisation has yet been shown.
Burkina Faso, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal signed three bilateral mobile roaming agreements in Ouagadougou aimed at making communications cheaper for travellers. Implementation now falls to regulators and mobile operators.
Mali's National Transitional Council adopted texts on the 2026 budget (fifteen health facilities), official languages, loss of nationality, a specialised land court and the status of magistrates on 22 October 2026 in Bamako.
The fifth edition of Translog Africa closed in Ouagadougou on 22 October 2026. Participants identified trade obstacles (insufficient digitalisation, a non-operational single window, detention fees) and agreed to institutionalise the symposium as a permanent platform for dialogue on transport and…
Overview of the IMSA and the IPPO, two mental health training institutions led by Prof. Kapouné Karfo. A report describes their training offer and their contribution to training mental health specialists.
The Council of Ministers of 22 October 2026 adopted the presidential "Faso Wa-Fulu" initiative on electricity access, with an announced cost of over 2,800 billion FCFA over ten years. It also decided to create the Société viticole du Burkina Faso (SOVIB), whose industrial unit will be located in…
Mali's National Transitional Council unanimously adopted, on 22 October 2026 in Bamako, a bill amending the 2026 finance law. The text provides for the construction and transformation of fifteen health infrastructures, along with broader adjustments to state revenues and expenditures.
On 20 October 2026, the DSUVA in Bamako received equipment valued at over 2.28 billion FCFA, including collection trucks and public works vehicles, funded with World Bank support through the PRUBA project. The equipment is meant to strengthen sanitation in the Malian capital.
In Mali, moto-taxi driver Dramane Kamiya gave 100,000 FCFA to the Transition Support Fund. Prime Minister Abdoulaye Maïga received him on 21 October 2026 and thanked him on behalf of the authorities.
The NGO VND/NUR says it distributed 8,429.5 tonnes of food in the Diffa region between 2024 and September 2026, working with the WFP, alongside cash transfers, nutrition support and agricultural assistance.
