Burkina Faso: Against 200 billion FCFA expected from the FSP, over 250 billion FCFA mobilised before year-end
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Patriotic Support Fund: over 250 billion FCFA mobilised as of 29 September 2026 (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
Prime Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo chaired the third ordinary session of the Patriotic Support Fund's Orientation Council in Ouagadougou. As of 29 September 2026, the Fund had mobilised 250.16 billion FCFA, or 125.08% of its annual target.
Burkina Faso: Against 200 billion FCFA expected from the FSP, over 250 billion FCFA mobilised before year-end (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
Burkina Faso's Patriotic Support Fund (FSP) raised 250,158,437,479 FCFA between January 1 and September 29, 2026, at least 125% of its initial annual target of 200 billion FCFA. The fund finances the Volunteers for the Defence of the Homeland (VDP).
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