Burkina: adoption of a bill for the development of sports activities
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Burkina: bill adopted to protect and promote athletes (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
At the Council of Ministers on 5 November 2026, the Burkinabè government adopted a bill to better protect and promote sports players, aimed at correcting shortcomings in the 2019 sports orientation law. The text provides for decent pay, prior government approval for national teams' participation…
Burkina: adoption of a bill for the development of sports activities (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
Burkina Faso's Council of Ministers adopted a bill to supplement Law 050 of 2019 on the orientation of sport and leisure. The text provides for social protection of athletes, prior government authorisation for national teams' international participation, and stricter rules on athlete health and…
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