Burkina Faso: Customs Answers the Call of Patriotic Duty
3 outletsNibarka Média, Wakatsera, and Aconews
Customs celebrates the homeland and strengthens national cohesion (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
On 23 October 2026, the Burkina Faso Directorate General of Customs held a flag-raising ceremony that coincided with the 66th anniversary of the National Armed Forces. Director General Yves Kafando stressed customs' role in revenue mobilisation and the fight against fraud.
Quarterly flag-raising ceremony of the FDS: Burkinabè Customs answers the call of patriotic duty (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
Burkina Faso's Directorate General of Customs hosted the quarterly flag-raising ceremony of the security forces (FDS) and the volunteers for the defence of the homeland (VDP), marking the 66th anniversary of the national armed forces. The Director General stressed Customs' role in fighting fraud…
Burkina Faso: Customs Answers the Call of Patriotic Duty (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
The Directorate General of Customs hosted the quarterly flag-raising ceremony of the Defence and Security Forces and the Volunteers for the Defence of the Homeland, marking the 66th anniversary of the National Armed Forces. The Director General stressed Customs' role in revenue mobilisation, fraud…
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