This Wednesday’s dailies deal with the modification of the mining code, the second “Russia-Africa” summit and the funeral of retired Colonel Pierre Ouédraogo.
The dean of the private dailies L’Observateur Paalga headlines: “Pierre CDR funeral: Gounghin at the end of the road for the pilot of the Revolution”.
The newspaper reports that retired air force colonel Pierre Ouédraogo who died on July 13 in Paris was buried on Tuesday July 25, 2023 in the municipal cemetery of Gounghin.
On the same subject, the public daily Sidwaya affirms that the former commander of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) under the National Council of the Revolution (CNR) has been elevated to the dignity of Grand Officer of the Order of the Stallion posthumously by the Burkinabè authorities.
According to the newspaper, the Order of the Stallion is the highest honorary distinction in Burkina Faso. It rewards personal merit and eminent services, civil or military, rendered to the Nation.
From another angle, the private daily Le Pays headlined: “2nd Russia -Africa summit: The president of the transition, Ibrahim Traoré, in Saint Petersburg”.
The daily indicates that the president of the transition, Captain Ibrahim Traoré left Ouagadougou yesterday for Saint Petersburg in northeastern Russia where the 2nd . -Africa”.
Placed on the theme: “For peace, security and development”, the summit will bring together some fifty heads of state and government from the African continent around Russian President Vladimir Putin.
By the way, Sidwaya adds that the participation of the Head of State in this meeting is part of the strengthening of the desired and affirmed cooperation between Burkina Faso and the Russian Federation with a view to finding solutions to the double security and humanitarian crisis.
According to the daily, Captain Traoré will also have bilateral exchanges and will grant audiences, always within the framework of the search for solutions for the security and development of Burkina Faso.
In another section, the Bobolais newspaper l’Express du Faso displays: “Amendment to the mining code: The bill has been adopted unanimously”.
The newspaper informs that the deputies gathered in plenary session on July 25, 2023, proceeded to the modification of the mining code of Burkina Faso, by the adoption of the bill object of the file n ° 041.
According to L’Express du Faso, the modification of this text aims to allow the government to deduct part of the Mining Fund for local development previously devoted to the financing of municipal plans and regional development plans to support the effort to secure the territory. .
Source: Burkina Information Agency