Day: January 16, 2024

The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC), supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, has unveiled the key features of the second cycle of its "North Africa Cultural Programme" (NACP) for the years 2024-2027. This new cycle was introduced during a press conference held on Tuesday at the Swiss Embassy in Tunis. The NACP in its 2nd Cycle is a four-year initiative (2024-2027) dedicated to artistic institutions, spaces, and associations in five North African countries: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt. It comprises two support mechanisms: the National Fund for Cultural Opportunities (FNOC) and the Regional Competitive Creativity Fund (RCCF). The FNOC programme focuses on providing support to artistic and cultural institutions and spaces in each of the five targeted North African countries, offering assistance in institutional and programmatic domains. The Regional Competitive Creativity Fund (RCCF) supports collaboration projects established through partnerships involving at le ast one entity based in North Africa and one or more entities present on the African continent and/or in the Arab region. During its first cycle (2019-2023), the NACP awarded 40 grants, supporting 28 organisations at the institutional and programmatic levels, and 12 collaborative projects in North Africa. The programme also offered professional and technical support, meeting spaces, as well as a digital platform providing information, resources, and progress tracking for supported entities and projects. The NACP originated from an international tender issued by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, secured by AFAC in mid-2018. It aligns with the aspirations of both AFAC and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, addressing recommendations from various sectoral studies, meetings, and discussions groups. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

Ouagadougou: The African Initiatives Association (AI), a Russian-Burkinabe association, initiated training on first aid on Tuesday for the benefit of around forty students from the Vénégré municipal high school. Adopting basic survival gestures that save in the event of an incident is the objective pursued by the Russian-Burkinabe association called African Initiatives (AI), through its training session this Tuesday, January 16, 2024, within the Lycée Vénégré from Ouagadougou. According to the president of the AI, Soumaïla Ayo Azenwo, the school remains a place of life, where any incident can occur at any time. This is why its structure deemed it necessary to introduce students to first aid procedures. According to Mr. Azenwo, the very first intervention is often very crucial for the survival of a sick or injured person. 'The high school is very large and around forty students will be trained to administer basic care while waiting for real help to arrive on the scene,' he said. For the head of the Russi an-Burkinabe association, the AI wants to encourage the profession of nurse and doctor among younger people who want to embrace medicine. 'We have been preparing this training seminar since November 2023. For a first phase, it will currently concern 10 high schools in the city of Ouagadougou and will subsequently be extended to all schools in Burkina Faso', he argued. The Russian trainer, Dr. Dolbnya Dimitry, for his part emphasized that the training session focused on first aid actions. Listening to Dr. Dolbnya, this initiative is part of the cooperation between Russia and Burkina, with the aim of saving lives in the event of accidents, electrocution and drowning. 'Today, we organized this training seminar and I hope that all the knowledge acquired will allow the students to put it into practice in everyday life,' he hoped. According to him, during the discussions, among other things, cardiac resuscitation techniques and those for stabilizing an individual were discussed, before the arrival of the firef ighters. The principal advisor of the Vénégré municipal high school, Remis Ilboudo, welcomed the introduction to first aid training in his establishment. Mr. Ilboudo specified that students and the public experience cases of accidents on a daily basis and that these first aid actions will help save lives. 'The Russian doctor's demonstrations really made it possible to understand somewhat the attitudes to have when faced with a given situation,' he added. On the occasion, Dr. Dolbnya handed over a large batch of first aid materials and medicines for the benefit of the students of the school. The Vénégré municipal high school is the first among the 10 selected establishments in the city of Ouagadougou to benefit from first aid training Source: Burkina Information Agency In his meeting with President of the Arab Institute for Human Rights Abdelbasset Ben Hassen, Education Minister Mohamed Ali Boughdiri, Tuesday expressed his department's will to anchor the culture of human rights among educators and students. During the meeting, which was held at the ministry's headquarters, Boughdiri affirmed that the Education Ministry has made available all material resources so as to disseminate the culture of human rights, adding that «the universal values and citizenship rights within schools will help fight various social problems." Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

The Kairouan Second Chance School opened its doors on Monday, targeting school drop-outs aged between 14 and 18, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training. The creation of the Second Chance School in Kairouan aims to provide support for young people who have dropped out of school and to facilitate their social and economic integration, reschooling, resumption of training, rehabilitation and acquirement of general skills and development of their life skills. The Kairouan Second Chance School was set up as part of Tunisian-British cooperation and in partnership with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), under the supervision of the Tunisian Vocational Training Agency, which reports to the Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

Ouagadougou: The African Initiatives Association (AI), a Russian-Burkinabe association, initiated training on first aid on Tuesday for the benefit of around forty students from the Vénégré municipal high school. Adopting basic survival gestures that save in the event of an incident is the objective pursued by the Russian-Burkinabe association called African Initiatives (AI), through its training session this Tuesday, January 16, 2024, within the Lycée Vénégré from Ouagadougou. According to the president of the AI, Soumaïla Ayo Azenwo, the school remains a place of life, where any incident can occur at any time. This is why its structure deemed it necessary to introduce students to first aid procedures. According to Mr. Azenwo, the very first intervention is often very crucial for the survival of a sick or injured person. 'The high school is very large and around forty students will be trained to administer basic care while waiting for real help to arrive on the scene,' he said. For the head of the Russi an-Burkinabe association, the AI wants to encourage the profession of nurse and doctor among younger people who want to embrace medicine. 'We have been preparing this training seminar since November 2023. For a first phase, it will currently concern 10 high schools in the city of Ouagadougou and will subsequently be extended to all schools in Burkina Faso', he argued. The Russian trainer, Dr. Dolbnya Dimitry, for his part emphasized that the training session focused on first aid actions. Listening to Dr. Dolbnya, this initiative is part of the cooperation between Russia and Burkina, with the aim of saving lives in the event of accidents, electrocution and drowning. 'Today, we organized this training seminar and I hope that all the knowledge acquired will allow the students to put it into practice in everyday life,' he hoped. According to him, during the discussions, among other things, cardiac resuscitation techniques and those for stabilizing an individual were discussed, before the arrival of the firef ighters. The principal advisor of the Vénégré municipal high school, Remis Ilboudo, welcomed the introduction to first aid training in his establishment. Mr. Ilboudo specified that students and the public experience cases of accidents on a daily basis and that these first aid actions will help save lives. 'The Russian doctor's demonstrations really made it possible to understand somewhat the attitudes to have when faced with a given situation,' he added. On the occasion, Dr. Dolbnya handed over a large batch of first aid materials and medicines for the benefit of the students of the school. The Vénégré municipal high school is the first among the 10 selected establishments in the city of Ouagadougou to benefit from first aid training Source: Burkina Information Agency

Ouagadougou: The three border area, the localities of Mordaaga (Pissila) and Bokuy (Djibasso) have been cleared of several terrorists in recent hours, thanks to sustained strikes by the army fleet Burkinabè, AIB learned Tuesday from security sources. Caught for 48 hours by air vectors in the three border zone, the terrorists are looking for escape routes to save their skins. This is how on the night of January 14 to 15, 2024, criminals came to cover a damaged vehicle with branches on the road to Boulkessi in Mali. They hoped to eventually repair it to get out of it. But the pilots completely destroyed the vehicle in a strike and returned to an observation position. Taken by surprise, a column of terrorists heads at full speed towards the North-Central region on the morning of January 15, 2024. They settled in the woods of Mordaaga near the town of Pissila. The bandits are trying to organize themselves after the hell suffered in the three border zone. After hours of observations, the aerial vectors came i nto action around 4 pm A first missile ignites a group of terrorists with their logistics. The Cheetah Unit launches an assault on the area to finish the job. Some weapons and motorcycles are still in usable condition. The rest burns in the flames. In addition to the three border area and the Center-North, the Burkinabè army fleet operated on January 16, 2024 in the Boucle du Mouhoun. Indeed, research led to the discovery of a terrorist base in the Bokuy area, 12 km from Djibasso. The criminals are indeed there on motorcycles and on foot going about their business. Patience is required as usual. It was when the killers quickly went under a tree to receive instructions that a ball of fire consumed them in the middle of the day. Survivors who were standing guard fled, but were followed. Terrorist fighters still seem not to have understood the message: 'Lay down your arms or perish.' There will be no hiding place and no escape.' But the rest of the operations will inevitably bring them back to their sens es, AIB sources say. Source: Burkina Information Agency