Sentinelle.bf (opens the outlet's own site)Six months after its launch in Ouahigouya, the PReTASAD project, funded by the JAFOWA programme and implemented by ADFY, promotes agroecology and environmental protection in the Northern region. Partner households and schools have received training and sanitation and soilless gardening equipment.
At the Council of Ministers on 22 October 2026, the Burkinabè government examined a draft decree governing the computerised processing of civil registry data, the civil registry identifier and system interoperability. The text provides for online issuance of civil certificates and electronic…
The Council of Ministers of 22 October 2026 adopted a decree creating the FASO WA-FULU presidential energy initiative, two decrees on water resources, reports on civil registry and territorial administration, and several Economy and Finance reports, including urgent public-utility declarations in…
The Council of Ministers adopted a decree creating the presidential "Faso Wa-Fulu" initiative for universal electricity access by 2030, a programme estimated at over 2,800 billion FCFA over ten years. It also approved the creation of the Burkina Faso Wine Company (SOVIB), with an initial capital…
On 20 October 2026, Burkina Faso's legislative assembly unanimously adopted a revision of the penal code that reinstates the death penalty for certain offences, toughens economic and road-traffic sanctions, and creates new digital offences.
Prime Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo launched in Niaogho (Nakambé region) a commando operation to develop 50,000 hectares of irrigated perimeters, to be delivered by 31 October 2027. The plan, estimated at 254.79 billion FCFA excluding taxes, follows a 2026 rainy season marked by…
A panel held in Fada N'Gourma (eastern Burkina Faso) as part of the JEPPC brought together producers, processors and technical officials to discuss the production, processing and consumption of local food products. Speakers presented the sector's challenges and strengths.
The Council of Ministers decided to merge the ENAFA in Matourkou and the ENESA into a single institution, the Institut de formation agropastorale du Burkina Faso (IFAP-BF), tasked with training executives for agriculture, livestock and fisheries. Its statutes were approved.
At Tougouya-Koko (Zondoma), youth and local residents are taking part in dam construction alongside ONBAH, following an appeal from the Minister of Agriculture, Water and Animal and Fisheries Resources. Works are more than 83% complete, with water impoundment planned for the next farming season.
