OUAGADOUGOU—The Burkinabè National Hydrocarbons Company (SONABHY) and the National Electricity Company of Burkina (SONABEL) were the top-performing public companies in 2023,
According to Burkina Information Agency, the performance report on state com…

OUAGADOUGOU—Burkina Faso’s public companies achieved an overall profit of 95.881 billion CFA francs in 2023, a significant increase from the 76.696 billion CFA francs recorded in 2022.

According to Burkina Information Agency, the report indicates an…

OUAGADOUGOU—Dr. Hamed Patrick Lega, Director General of the Burkinabè Copyright Office (BBDA), installed Christian Kientega as the new head of the BBDA Center-West regional agency in Koudougou on Monday, June 24, 2024.

According to Burkina Informati…

OUAGADOUGOU—The AFRICHECK platform, in collaboration with Fasocheck, trained about twenty journalists from June 25 to 26 in Ouagadougou on fact-checking, a practice aimed at verifying and rigorously processing facts to combat false information, especi…

OUAGADOUGOU—A Burkinabè delegation, led by the Secretary General of the Ministry in charge of Culture, Fidèle Betamou Aymar Tamini, met with Chadian Prime Minister Allah-Maye Halina in N’Djamena on Wednesday to discuss Chad’s participation as the gues…

OUAGADOUGOU—Minister Stella Eldine KABRE/KABORE, Delegate for Regional Cooperation, received illustrated copies of the Letters of Credence from seven newly accredited ambassadors to Burkina Faso on Thursday.

According to Burkina Information Agency, …

OUAGADOUGOU—The Transitional Legislative Assembly of Burkina Faso voted on Thursday to withdraw the privatization of three key companies: the Bureau of Mines and Geology of Burkina (Bumigeb), the Burkinabè National Hydrocarbon Company (Sonabhy), and t…

OUAGADOUGOU—The Nigerien authorities launched an operation on Wednesday to sell rice at moderate prices, providing consumers with a 25kg bag of rice for 13,500 F instead of the usual 17,000 F.

According to Burkina Information Agency, the operation, …

OUAGADOUGOU—Former Beninese Presidents Nicéphore Soglo and Boni Yayi returned to Benin on Thursday after a 72-hour mediation visit to Niger, aimed at easing tensions between the two countries.

According to Burkina Information Agency, the two mediato…