Day: August 13, 2023

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Youth Maracana: 32 teams to attack a trophy endowed with 1 million FCFA

The 1st edition of the Ouagadougou youth maracana football tournament endowed with 1 million FCA was launched on Saturday on the “King de Karpala” field (southern district of Ouagadougou) with the participation of 32 teams, it was found.

It is rare to see a maracana tournament in the city of Ouagadougou endowed with the sum of 1 million FCFA. “It's a special maracana. For a first we went up to 1 million to push the teams to give the best of themselves in order to raise the level of the competition and to ensure that it is of high quality. And that is a credit to Burkinabe football,” said competition promoter Ibrahim Dianda.

He mentioned that this competition was initiated “after deep reflection. It is to add soil to soil. Holidays are the perfect time for maracanas in neighborhoods. We wanted to federate the energies to make a grandiose tournament which will bring together several teams from several districts and even certain teams from the 3rd division ”.

For him, sport in general and king sport in particular “is a factor of social cohesion. We are in a period where resilience is advocated. The country is shaken by several evils: security, the socio-economic problem, etc. and through sport we give joy”.

This tournament also aims, according to its promoter, to “help young talents to hatch. It is in the sectors and neighborhoods that young talents are able to promote themselves. We even contacted a lot of clubs like EFO and RCK etc. who will send supervisors for talent detection”.

The competition was able to get started thanks to the support of certain partners. For a month, the 32 teams will compete in talent to offer themselves a lady cup and write their name and golden letter in the annals of the competition. The final is scheduled for mid-September.

To give the starting signal of the hostilities a gala match was played between Young talents and Catalan FC (2-1). The matches will be played in direct elimination.

Source: Burkina Information Agency

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Firefighters put out flames in alfalfa plantation in Sbeitla

A blaze that erupted on Saturday night in an alfalfa plantation in Sbeitla, Kasserine, was subdued.

The causes of the fire, which destroyed one hectare of alfalfa,

are still unknown, head of the forest department at the Regional Directorate for Agricultural Development Yamen Hakki said.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

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Bizerte: Mami beach hosts “Clean up Beach” event

Mami beach in Ras Jebel and its campsite hosted a "Clean up Beach" public event on Saturday in the presence of the Minister of the Environment, Leila Chikhaoui, and the Governor of Bizerte, Samir Abdellaoui.

The event was attended by a number of environmental and civil society actors in the region, including associations and organisations such as the Tunisian Scouts and Red Crescent, as well as private sector institutions in the region.

The Minister of Environment told reporters that the event comes within the framework of the activities of the National Programme for the Year of Cleanliness 2023, which is being implemented by the Ministry of Environment with the participation of official, organisational and community bodies.

The event aims to encourage citizens to participate in keeping the coast clean, to highlight the importance of sorting and recycling plastic and other waste, and to promote joint activities to reduce beach litter and tackle marine pollution problems.

The event involved the collection of beach litter with the participation of local environmental associations, beach clean-ups and manual cleaning of the coastline. Several workshops were also organised.

It also featured several beach games, shows and various sporting activities on Mami Beach, accompanied by an awareness campaign for holidaymakers to raise awareness of the importance of preserving the marine environment and encourage them to adopt environmentally friendly behaviours, as well as the screening of a video on climate change.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

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Women’s Day: Tunisia committed to forging with reform process (PM)

Prime Minister Ahmed Hachani reiterated Sunday Tunisia's commitment to carry on the process of reform undertaken for decades now to strengthen women's rights in all areas and fight discrimination.

Hachani offered congratulations to Tunisian women at home and abroad as Tunisia is observing National Women's day (August 13).

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

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President Saied visits Borj Ettoumi’s farm in El Batan and follows establishment of first women’s communitarian company [Upd 1]

President Kais Saied visited on Sunday the farm of Borj Ettoumi in El Batan, Manouba governorate, where he followed the progress of the establishment of the first women's communitarian company called "Kadihat" (hardworking women).

The Head of State said that he had chosen to celebrate National Women's Day with hardworking women who persevere in progress and strive to create wealth and jobs.

In this context, he spoke of the number of requests for the creation of communitarian companies at regional and local level in various sectors, including tourism, industry and transport, pointing out that "there are those within the administrations who are working to disrupt these requests".

During his meeting with a group of women working in the agricultural sector at the Borj Ettoumi estate, President Kais Saied underlined the importance of the creation of the first women's communitarian company on a 541-hectare plot of land owned by the State Land Office but not exploited by it. He underlined the capacity of free Tunisian women to innovate and persevere in their efforts to achieve food sovereignty.

The President of the Republic also underlined his concern about the exploitation of female agricultural workers and the need to achieve economic and social equality between women and men.

During this visit, the Head of State listened to the concerns of women farm workers and stressed the need for the State Land Office to make the best use of land for the benefit of the national community, because "the land belongs to the State and its exploitation must be available to the people".

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

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The Ouargaye dam prohibits swimming

Because of the rainy weather, the president of the special delegation of Ouargaye, Mahamoudou Soulama, prohibited swimming in the dam of the locality, in order to avoid drownings.

Mr. Soulama particularly urged host parents and IDPs to sensitize their children so that they do not visit the roadblock.

The authority warned that any offender is liable to penalties, in accordance with the regulations in force.

It is recalled that in early August 2023, two young men aged around 16 lost their lives by drowning, one of them at the Ouargaye dam and the other while trying to cross a river.

Source: Burkina Information Agency

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Komondjari: The population of Foutouri contributes 885,000 FCFA to the peace effort

The population of Foutouri in the province of Komondjari has shown its support for the peace effort through a voluntary contribution of 885,000 FCFA.

On June 26, 2023, the population of Foutouri in the province of Komondjari showed their support for the peace effort by transmitting a sum of eight hundred and eighty-five thousand 885,000 FCFA to the President of the Special Delegation of the commune of Foutouri.

The information was given on August 10, 2023 by Mr. Moumouni SINARE, President of the Special Delegation of the commune of Foutouri.

It is a voluntary contribution initiated by the sons and daughters of the locality to demonstrate to the authorities their commitment to the peace effort.

As a reminder, on May 10, 2023, the population of Tankoalou in the commune of Foutouri had donated two hundred and sixty-five thousand (265,000) FCFA to the peace effort.

Source: Burkina Information Agency