Month: May 2023

The Democratic Current's national congress ended on Monday with the election of Nabil Hajji as the party's secretary general. An election that comes at a time of crisis between the opposition and the government.

The national congress of the Democratic Current also resulted in the election of the members of the party's political bureau.

In his statement to TAP, the party's new secretary-general gave an update on the events of the congress.

The present congress is the third of its kind for our party. It was an opportunity for the participants to discuss and review three key motions, he told TAP.

The political, economic and social aspects were widely debated during this congress, he said, adding that another motion was dedicated to the evaluation and review components.

The congress was also an ideal opportunity to reflect on the performance of the Democratic Current during the past decade, and therefore, to draw up a "real assessment", added the new SG of the Democratic Current.

The meeting was held in the context of a crisis with the government that continues to grow, and the delegates took the opportunity to reiterate the principled position of their party in the political arena.

In this regard, Hajji said that his party does not recognize "the status quo" resulting from the post-25 July 2021 era, denouncing the measures decreed en cavalier by President Kaïes Saïed.

The July 25, 2021 process is the product of a "coup d'état", said the secretary general of the Democratic Current, adding that the 2022 Constitution is "a text stamped with the seal of illegality".

Hajji said that the 3rd congress of the Democratic Current was also an opportunity to unequivocally reaffirm the party's previous political positions, the Democratic Current's perceptions of the political landscape and the political reforms that are being urged at this time.

Hajji expressed his doubts about the political future of Tunisia, saying that reform in Tunisia is an "arduous task to undertake".

The opening session of the third congress of the Democratic Current party was attended by many political leaders and representatives of national organisations, such as the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) and the Tunisian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LTDH).

Under the government of Elyes Fakhfakh, the Democratic Current was part of a ruling coalition involving the Ennahda Movement, the Echaab Movement and the Democratic Current before the government was dissolved following Fakhfakh's resignation in July 2020.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

The Minister Delegate in charge of Regional Cooperation, Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré, proceeded on Sunday, April 30, 2023 to the official opening of the village of the communities of the National Week of Culture 2023 .

The community village of the 20th edition of National Culture Week (SNC) is officially open.

On Sunday April 30, the Minister Delegate to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Cooperation and Burkinabe Abroad, in charge of Regional Cooperation, Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré, proceeded, in the presence of the Guinean Minister of Culture , at the cutting of the symbolic ribbon of said village.

The Minister Delegate in charge of Regional Cooperation, Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré officially opened the community village

They are 14 communities to expose their know-how. These are the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Burundi, Niger, Benin, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Senegal, Chad, Nigeria, Congo, Togo and of course Burkina Faso.

After touring the various stands, Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré confessed to having traveled to the villages of Burkina and across Africa.

“The village of communities shows all the diversity and the extent of the richness. It shows that we still have wealth to build peace wherever needed,” he suggested.

Guest country of the SNC, Guinea, through its Minister of Culture, Alpha Soumah, welcomed the initiative. “The SNC is the celebration of culture for all of Africa. African countries must come and share this joie de vivre through joking kinship with Burkina,” he said.

The UNDP is the sponsor of the SNC 2023 community village. Through the voice of the representative of the resident representative in Burkina, Dieudonné Kini, the UNDP has chosen to join the community village, because it finds in this space is a showcase par excellence of the cultural diversity present in the country.

"A cross-cultural framework of gender allows communities to get to know each other better and to accept each other better," he suggested.

In the village of the communities, there is the day of the communities, the traditional market, the animation podium and the oratorical jousts of parents to joke.

Source: Burkina Information Agency

The mother of the baby removed from the bottom of a latrine in Fada N'Gourma, has been found, AIB learned yesterday Sunday.

As a reminder, a female baby, barely a week old, was discovered in the pit of a latrine at a primary school in sector No. 1 of Fada N'Gourma, on Monday April 24, 2023. .

This baby was saved following the alert given to the Defense and Security Forces (FDS).

A few days later, following diligent investigations, the mother of this baby was found.

According to AIB sources, it is a student in an exam class in a secondary school in Fada N'Gourma.

In the latest news, the AIB has learned that the baby, who was admitted to a health center in Fada N'Gourma, is doing well and continues to receive appropriate care.

Source: Burkina Information Agency

one of the major innovations of the 20th edition of National Culture Week (SNC) is the participation of living human treasures (THV).

An iconographic exhibition highlights them at the Maison de la Culture Mgr Anselme Titianma Sanon.

They are recognized for their know-how, their knowledge and their contribution to the preservation of traditional Burkinabè culture.

They are the living human treasures of Burkina Faso. They are honored during this edition of National Culture Week (SNC).

The exhibit featured photographic portraits of several Living Human Treasures (LHTs), along with short biographies describing their work and contribution to Burkinabè culture.

These include, among others, master Titenga Frédéric Pacéde born in 1943 in Manéga in the province of Oubritenga who has distinguished himself in bendrology or the science of the language of the drum.

The iconographic exhibition manager, Kalssoro Kéïta

There is also Gorgo Léontine Ado born around 1931 in Kando in the province of Namentenga who became famous in traditional music.

As well as Konomba Traoré born around 1947 in Samogohiri in the province of Kénédougou who, for his part, distinguished himself in the manufacture of the balafon.

Seventeen in number, they were all proclaimed Living Human Treasures on December 22, 2015.

According to the person in charge of the iconographic exhibition, Kalssoro Kéïta, this exhibition aims to make known the living human treasures of Burkina Faso.

"This is in line with the missions of the department in charge of heritage to promote and safeguard the trades of living human treasures", he said.

According to him, throughout the SNC, visitors will discover the work of these exceptional people and their contribution to the preservation of traditional Burkinabè culture.

Source: Burkina Information Agency

The town of Tcheriba located about forty kilometers from Dédougou is known for its variety of terracotta art objects. Zoom !

Tcheriba, the name of a town that rhymes with terracotta art objects. Located about forty kilometers from Dédougou (Headquarters of the Boucle du Mouhoun region) on the Dédougou-Koudougou axis, it has the particularity of being a champion in the transformation of terracotta.

On the national road 14, no passer-by can abstain from admiring the know-how of the women exposed along the city. An exhibition point that is regularly invaded by travellers.

As soon as a bus stops, there is a scramble among the saleswomen to present the products to the passengers who are often spoiled for choice as the items are so diversified.

You can find decorative objects and kitchen utensils, tureens, plates, trays, canaries, jars, stoves, carafes, chests, flowerpots.

In short, everything you need to equip or adorn a home. And we find something for all budgets. Prices vary depending on size and materials used in manufacture.

With a ticket of 1000 FCFA or even less, a passenger can return home with a souvenir of Tcheriba. Some products can sell for up to 5,000 or 10,000 FCFA.

And The activity is a real business for the municipality and involves several actors. There are the potters who make the factory with the raw material which is clay and the work of painting and coloring which is reserved for craftsmen.

Over time, objects from Tcheriba were transported by traders to other towns in Burkina for display.

Source: Burkina Information Agency

The Archbishop Emeritus of Bobo-Dioulasso Monsignor Anselme Titianma Sanon moderated this Monday, the inaugural conference of the symposium on literature which is being held on the occasion of the 20th edition of the National Culture (SNC) Bobo 2023.

The Archbishop Emeritus of Bobo-Dioulasso Monsignor Anselme Titianma Sanon led the inaugural conference which had as its theme “Cultural diversity, community melting pot and vector of peace and social cohesion”.

He gave three definitions of culture. The first is culture seen as cultivating one's field, the second is culture as life skills and know-how and the third is the culture of peace.

He indicated that each society has its culture and each culture has its cultural traits which are among others the language, the economic production, the political organization, the art of dialogue with the wood to make a mask, the art of working with clay to make something useful to society, the art of taking cotton to make clothes with different colors.

Monsignor Anselme Titianma Sanon (2nd from left) led the inaugural conference

Culture for Monsignor Anselme Titianma Sanon is “humanity is humanism and it is the meeting of cultural traits that make Africa multiple and one”.

He felt that “this multiplicity in unity shows that we exist for ourselves and for others and it brings something more to our identity”.

When you learn a new language, you are strengthened

"When you learn a new language, you are strengthened, you find new strengths, you have another vision of the universe that you did not have," said the Archbishop Emeritus.

For him, diversity through cultural traits is found in all areas, especially the way of eating. "Some eat with their hands, others with forks which can be made of wood or iron and still others with chopsticks," he said.

According to him, accepting cultural society means accepting the cultural traits that make each of us have a cultural identity that he carries and that allows him to present himself as a vis-à-vis.

In his opinion, the encounter with the other allows us to be ourselves and to show our capacity to bring something to the latter.

He noted that it is the acceptance of difference and belonging to the same land, the sharing of the same values that allow us to say that we exist in the same way as others. "No one is too much on this earth," he noted.

On the cultural history of Burkina, Monsignor Anselme Titianma Sanon recalled that the promotion of culture in Burkina Faso which has been materialized for 40 years by the National Culture Week (SNC) was carried out during colonization by Voltaic people like Lompolo Koné, Kargougou Moussa and others.

In his opinion, President Thomas Sankara has given a second wind to the promotion of culture with the creation of the National Week of Culture and the launch of the Institute of Black Peoples.

For Monsignor Sanon, the Burkinabè and African culture and the instruments for its valorization like the national week of culture will be tomorrow what the Burkinabè and Africans will decide.

“Our Africa of tomorrow will be the work of our hands. The Burkina Faso of tomorrow, we will mold it with our hands with its forests, its savannahs, its minerals. Each generation must contribute its share,” he said.

"Our generation can wonder if it has played its role and in what area", he wondered, citing the areas of culture, politics, morality, living together.

Make the SNC an instrument of reconciliation with the world

The Burkinabè prelate advocated the creation of a cultural radio and television channel for all of Africa so that all African cultural aspects are seen and heard by Africans and even beyond the continent.

“We need a chain through which all the peoples of Africa find themselves,” he stressed.

Dr. Doti Bruno Sanou moderated the conference

Monsignor Anselme Titianma Sanon ended his presentation by affirming that culture is both a monumental and precious instrument in our hands.

"Our generation did what it could," he said. He invited the current generation to make the SNC an instrument of unity for all of Africa, an instrument of reconciliation with globality and dialogue among peoples.

Source: Burkina Information Agency

The Minister in charge of Industrial Development, Serge Gnaniodem Poda proceeded this Sunday, in Bobo-Dioulasso, to the opening of the craft and commercial fair of the 20th edition of the National Week of Culture (SNC) Bobo 2023.

The Minister of Industrial Development, Trade, Handicrafts and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Serge Gnaniodem Poda gave the starting signal in the presence of the Burkinabè Minister in charge of Culture, Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo and his Guinean counterpart, Alpha Soumah .

According to Minister Serges Poda, the craft and trade fair aims to promote and consolidate economic integration through intra-community trade.

The Minister in charge of Industrial Development, Serge Gnaniodem Poda gave the starting signal for the craft fair

It also provides an appropriate framework for exhibitors and festival-goers to share their experiences and establish mutually beneficial partnerships.

It is one of the events of the Burkinabè cultural biennale which contributes to making the SNC much more visible and gives it more luster according to Minister Poda.

According to him, the craft and commercial fair is positioned as one of the flagship activities of the SNC. It offers several possibilities for both exhibitors and festival-goers.

The authorities visit the stands

As usual, the craft and trade fair brings together a diversity of exhibitors operating in various fields of rich activities including agri-food, crafts and art.

As well as pharmacopoeia, IT and technology, communication, banking and insurance, trade, maquis-restaurants, etc.

This year, she is no exception to the rule. Indeed, the fair has about 636 stands with exhibitors from Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Ghana, Senegal and Guinea, guest of honor.

Invites to visit the Stands

Serge Poda invited people to massively visit the stands during this biennale while respecting the safety instructions.

Moreover, the holding of high mass in a national situation marked by the reconquest of the territory is a sign of the resilience of the people of Burkina Faso.

For his part, the Guinean Minister of Culture Alpha Soumah, was delighted to find himself once again in Burkina Faso.

“Being chosen as the guest of honor for such an event cannot be refused. There are very close ties between Burkina Faso and Guinea through history, people and communities,” he said.

"It's always a pleasure for us to come here after SIAO and FESPACO and to participate in the SNC," added the Guinean minister.

He also praised the dynamism of the Burkinabè people who remain standing despite the security context.

The Guinean minister in charge of culture presented the well-known Nimba mask in Guinea to the minister, Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo.

“The sister country, Guinea, our country, will always be alongside countries like Burkina Faso, to show that Africa is oneness, Africa is indivisible. (…). The Burkinabè desire to consume locally is of very strong inspiration and all of Africa wants to do like that”, he argued.

The end of the ceremony was marked by the cutting of the ribbon followed by the visit of the stands.

To thank Burkina Faso for having honored Guinea, the Guinean delegation led by its minister in charge of culture handed over the well-known Nimba mask in Guinea. to the minister, Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo.

Source: Burkina Information Agency