Radars Info Burkina (opens the outlet's own site)The Salon International de l'Automobile du Faso (SIAF) will hold its 5th edition from 5 to 7 November 2026 at Ouaga 2000, under the theme of technological innovation and transformation of the automotive sector. China is the guest country, alongside Côte d'Ivoire, Dubai, Togo, the United States and…
Prime Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo launched the mechanised maize harvest in Bagré on the fields of the state company Faso Agropoles (SOFA), on a plot of over 70 hectares. He called for full use of agricultural equipment provided to rural producers and for support to continue through…
The Burkina Faso legislative assembly unanimously adopted a bill reducing from eight to three days the period before laws and regulatory acts take effect after publication in the Official Journal. The text replaces the 1975 ordinance and introduces digital publication and electronic notification…
Prime Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo inaugurated the Bonheur-Ville public primary school complex in Ouagadougou, built under the IPEQ initiative. The building has 16 classrooms and hosts three schools with 1,453 pupils, and fifteen similar complexes are announced.
Customs experts from the three AES countries and the Togolese Revenue Office (OTR) are meeting in Ouagadougou from 12 to 14 October 2026, ahead of the 5th meeting of the Confederation's Directors General of Customs. They are due to finalise a draft decision on a confederal preferential tariff…
During a tour of border and territorial units, National Police Director General Thierry Dofizouho Tuina demands an immediate end to racketeering and extortion on roads and at borders. He also stresses the stakes of the AES for free movement.
Prime Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo inaugurated a 500-seat complex at the Burkinabè Institute of Arts and Crafts (IBAM) of Joseph Ki-Zerbo University in Ouagadougou. Built under the IPEQ initiative, it includes an amphitheatre, laboratories and furniture made in Burkina Faso.
At the monthly flag-raising ceremony at the Foreign Ministry, minister Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré relayed President Ibrahim Traoré's call to buy Burkinabè. He asked diplomats to promote local products abroad.
The third round of the National Anti-Vector Control Days (JNLAV) was launched in Banfora, Tannounyan region, aiming to keep the larval breeding site destruction rate above 92%. The governor calls for daily community mobilisation against malaria.
The health and secondary education ministers launched the 3rd phase of the National Anti-Larval Action Day at Wendpuiré departmental high school in Saaba to fight malaria and dengue. The education sector is being mobilised for prevention.
The DGTTM is running a motorised tricycle enforcement operation in Ouagadougou from 28 to 30 September 2026, with mixed inspection teams. 95 tricycles were impounded on the first day for offences such as missing mandatory documents or driving by a minor.
The Council of Ministers ended the duties of Lébinoua Nikiema, director of public procurement and financial commitments control at the CNDH. He had been arrested by the BCLCC over social media posts deemed insulting and defamatory, and he publicly apologised.
The Council of Ministers on 24 September 2026 adopted a decree declaring urgent public utility for a project to create a technical education institution on the former Saint-Joseph high school site in Ouagadougou, closed for nearly three years. The project had been delayed because the heirs had not…
At the 81st session of the UN General Assembly, Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, also ECOWAS chairman, calls for a common fight against terrorism and says the Sahel must not be abandoned.
The telecom regulators of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are coordinating free roaming, cross-border frequency management and joint digital projects ahead of signing a cooperation agreement. Burkina Faso's digital transition minister received their delegation on 25 September 2026.
Prime Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo received a delegation from the ACAME, led by Dr Ibrahim Kouyaté, ahead of the association's 26th General Assembly in Ouagadougou. Discussions focused on access to medicines and pharmaceutical sovereignty.
Burkinabè Foreign Minister Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré met the acting UN Under-Secretary-General for counter-terrorism and called for more focus on prevention. He criticised the international community's silence on JNIM, which he said has been given media platforms.
Burkina Faso's Prime Minister, Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo, received in Ouagadougou the electronic communications and postal regulators of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, who met to sign a cooperation agreement within the AES. He urged them to take concrete action, including on mobile roaming…
Police station no. 09 in Ouagadougou has dismantled a gang specialised in armed robbery and money laundering. A firearm, ammunition, a vehicle and motorcycles were seized during the arrests.
