Day: January 6, 2024

Ouagadougou: The Director General of Economy and Planning, Dr Larba Issa Kobyagda, indicated on Saturday that the growth rate of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased to 3.6% in 2023 against 1.8% in 2022.

‘In Burkina Faso, economic activity is experiencing an acceleration in its rate of growth compared to 2022,’ declared the Director General (DG) of Economy and Planning (DGEP), Dr. Larba Issa Kobyagda.

According to him, the GDP growth rate increased from 1.8% in 2022 to 3.6% in 2023. Dr Kobyagda was in Ouagadougou on Saturday, in front of journalists, during the press conference on the 2023 results and prospects. 2024 from the DGEP.

‘This growth would be driven, in order of contribution, by the tertiary sector with growth of +2.2 percentage points, the secondary with +0.9 percentage points and the primary with +0.5 percentage points,’ he explained.

The first head of the structure indicated that this accountability forum, the first of its kind, will make it possible to present to the population the variou
s activities carried out, the forecasts and the prospects envisaged by the DGEP.

According to him, in the UEMOA, economic growth would remain vigorous in 2023 with a rate of 5.7%, as in 2022, supported by investments and final consumption.

The DG of the DGEP stressed that the dynamism of the services sector, real estate, accommodation and catering, transport and warehousing would be the main catalysts of economic activity in 2023.

Added to this is the rebound in construction work on major sites and the asphalting of roads in the secondary sector, as well as increasing agricultural production with the presidential and agro-pastoral initiatives currently being deployed.

According to Larba Issa Kobyagda, we should not worry about the economic future of the country in 2024 because the government is planning an economic recovery and recovery plan.

As a result, Dr Kobyagda reassured that economic activity would grow by 5.5% in 2024. This growth will be driven by the tertiary (+7.0%), primary (+5.1%) and second
ary sectors. (+4.5%).

‘This is the scenario that we currently consider to be the most likely. At the same time, this economic forecast is marked by uncertainties,’ he noted.

Source: Burkina Information Agency

Ouagadougou: The Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO), Der Rogation Poda, indicated Friday in Ouagadougou that his structure has an ‘army of seasoned professionals’ to support all member states that wish it, including his country Burkina Faso.

‘The central bank, by its constitutive texts, is a financial advisor to States. Therefore, it has an army of seasoned professionals on all levels, macroeconomic aspects, monetary and financial aspects to support all member states who wish to benefit from its assistance,’ indicated the Vice-Governor of the BCEAO, Der Rogation Poda.

For Mr. Poda, the central bank will be driven by a spontaneous movement to support Burkina like all other states.

‘As a national of Burkina, I would be happy to follow with interest these types of assistance desired by our country,’ he promised.

The Vice-Governor of the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO), came out Friday evening from an interview during which he thanked his country for his appointment
as Vice-Governor of the BCEAO.

For him, the support of the BCEAO in Burkina is already done through several mechanisms in particular “the aggregation of all the programs of the different States to put in place a monetary program common to all the States and therefore allow the issuance currency on behalf of the different States.

According to him, the country has for this “a national agency of the BCEAO which is the receptacle of the needs and which identifies all the situations which would make it possible to make them known at the headquarters level so that all the necessary assistance is provided to our States, particularly in Burkina Faso.’

Source: Burkina Information Agency

Ouagadougou: The Faso Rakiré association aims to include joking kinship on the UNESCO intangible heritage list, the AIB learned on Saturday from its first officials.

‘Our ambition is to make jogging kinship known throughout the world and register it as an intangible world heritage at UNESCO level,’ declared the coordinator of the Faso Rakiré association Benoît Ilboudo, in an interview with the AIB.

The Faso Rakiré association, officially created in December 2022, aims to promote social cohesion between different people through playful relationships.

‘Joking kinship is a pact of non-aggression between communities and an instrument of peace. Born in a context of conflicts, it hopes to make its contribution to social cohesion between the communities that practice it today,’ underlined the vice coordinator of the association, Ifzou Kiemdé.

This association also wants to make joker relationships an instrument to strengthen living together and make Burkina a haven of peace.

In this new year 2024, the first lea
ders of the association want Burkina Faso to quickly turn the page on the terrorism that has shaken it for eight years.

‘We hope that the country takes a step forward towards the much-desired peace with the various stakeholders, that the country goes from victory to victory. And that with our age-old ties, we can joke together with all communities, as in the past to look to the future and in unity,’ said the vice coordinator of Faso Rakiiré, Ifzou Kiemdé.

Source: Burkina Information Agency

Dano: The bishop of the diocese of Diébougou, Monseigneur Kusiélé Der Raphaël Dabiré, ordained on December 30, 2023, the first priest of the parish of Saint Thérèse d’Avila de Poulèba, Father Gbaanè Arthur Somé, on the occasion of the closing of the silver jubilee of this parish.

Opened on October 18, 1998, the parish of Saint Teresa of Avila in Poulèba (municipality of Oronkua), celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2023. The jubilee year began on December 18, 2022 and ended on December 30, 2023.

The bishop of the Diocese of Diébougou, Kusiélé Der Raphaël Dabiré presided over the closing mass of the silver jubilee activities of the parish of Saint Thérèse of Avila in the presence of the clergy, nuns and many Catholic faithful.

According to the current parish priest of Poulèba, Abbot Sègnituo Eric Hien, the jubilee activities were based on two fundamental axes: the liturgical aspect and the spiritual aspect. ‘As Christians, faith is important and needs to be revived. In addition, this faith must be translated
into works,’ he noted.

‘We cannot speak of faith without speaking of works’ he continues, quoting the apostle Saint James. This is why, during the training initiated during this jubilee year, the spirit of resilience, self-care and community development were evoked, added the priest.

For him, all this allowed the faithful to take care of themselves. Indeed, Father Hien welcomed the awareness of the faithful residents who carried out the majority of the activities of this 25th anniversary thanks to their own voluntary or spontaneous contributions.

He also thanked all the people of goodwill who supported the achievement of this silver jubilee.

This celebration was coupled with the priestly ordination of Father Gbaanè Arthur Somé. This new priest is the first from the parish of Saint Teresa of Avila to be ordained.

Father Somé thanked his elders in the priestly mission, the nuns and the faithful for their advice and prayers.

The new priest reiterated his gratitude to the bishop for his assistance and bless
ings. He praised the remarkable presence of the Catholic Christian community in neighboring Ghana where he did part of his studies.

For Monsignor Kusiélé Der Raphaël Dabiré, one of the great joys of a bishop is to ordain a priest of the diocese of which he is the titular bishop.

‘Without a priest the bishop cannot do much. Hence the importance given to the promotion of vocations in parishes,’ said the bishop.

The priest is a key element of the Christian and human community. To evangelize is to work to improve the condition of all people, continued Monsignor Der Raphaël Dabiré.

This explains the length of the training process, its complexity and its high cost, explained the bishop.

‘We hope that other young people will follow in the footsteps of the one who has just been ordained’ concluded the bishop of the Diébougou diocese.

Source: Burkina Information Agency

Ouagadougou: The Burkinabè head of state, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, decreed on Friday the creation of five new rapid intervention battalions in Titao, Djibo, Toma Kantchari and Pama, we learned ‘AIB.

Source: Burkina Information Agency

Ouagadougou: Captain Ibrahim Traoré decreed on Friday the creation of the Special and Rapid Intervention Brigade, a large joint operational unit, with army rank, the AIB learned.

Source: Burkina Information Agency

Ouagadougou: President Ibrahim Traoré on Friday appointed Commander Souleymane Zango, commander of the Republican Guard, AIB learned

Source: Burkina Information Agency