Day: February 16, 2024

Ouagadougou: The Minister in charge of Foreign Affairs Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré told the public daily Sidwaya that the diversification of partners carried out by Burkina Faso since the coming to power of President Ibrahim Traoré, is 'the translation of a sovereignty regained. 'This diversification is aligned with the vision of the highest authorities of the Transition. It is also driven by this desire to rework our relationships with the rest of the world. (…) But, it is also the translation of a rediscovered sovereignty,' Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré said on Thursday. According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Cooperation and Burkinabè Abroad Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré, Burkina Faso was in relationships where it was 'much more accustomed to speeches tinged with injunctions'. But today, the country, he continued, is 'in the process of readjusting these relations' to be in positions where it can 'seriously discuss substantive issues' and where it can 'above all take into account realities, visio ns and endogenous contexts'. For Minister Traoré, it is for Burkina Faso to strengthen its sovereignty, to diversify its partners and its partnerships. 'It is a strategy which makes it possible to strengthen the security, political, economic and social cordon as part of the fight that we are waging and which requires us to be on all fronts,' he underlined. This diversification of partners can, in his opinion, bring 'a corrected recognition as a partner country and not a country (…) in the rearguard'. 'We made the mistake for years by trying in our negotiations to always demand charity, international solidarity. This makes us forget our capacity, our potential,' he said. 'Internationally, we sell our capabilities, our potential. We don't sell our faults,' he noted. Minister Traoré noted that in the past, it was a mistake to say during financing negotiations that Burkina Faso is 'a very stubborn poor country, 172nd in the ranking, a country where unemployment, delinquency and other quarrels exist. ". He recognized that this old 'strategy can pay off' but clarified that it 'is not a strategy that pays off in the long term and in efficiency.' Today, Burkina Faso, through the voice of its head of diplomacy, intends to show that the country is poor but accepts this poverty and knows where it wants to go. He invited the Burkinabè to ensure that they can be 'counted among the alternatives of tomorrow, the solutions of tomorrow'. 'Each of us must change the way we look at ourselves to revalue and reevaluate ourselves. And this is how we can gain international respect,' he recommended Source: Burkina Information Agency

Ouagadougou: The 'Kuuri d'Or', an award intended for the best players in the agro-sylvo-pastoral sector, will be awarded for the first time during the 7th International Exhibition of Agriculture, Environment and breeding (SIAEL), scheduled for February 20 to 27 in Ouagadougou. Speaking this Friday, the organizers 'established the Kuuri d'Or competition, a prestigious distinction intended to reward excellence within the value chains of the agro-sylvo-pastoral sector,' declared the president of the organizing committee of the International Exhibition of Agriculture, Environment and Livestock (SIAEL), Jean Victor Ouédraogo during the launch of the Exhibition. According to him, the 'Golden Kuuri', put into play by the Association for the Development of the Rural World (ADMR), will not be limited to a simple award ceremony, because it also constitutes a privileged framework for celebrating the best actors and partners working in the sectors of agriculture and the livestock environment. Listening to it, the offi cial 'Golden Kuuri', 'Silver Kuri' and 'Bronze Kuri' awards will reward the actors, producers and processors, of agriculture, breeding and the environment individually or collectively. Jean Victor Ouédraogo was this morning in Ouagadougou, in front of journalists to launch the activities of the 7th edition of SIAEL scheduled for February 20 to 27, 2024, in the commune of Komsilga, on the outskirts of Ouagadougou, under the theme 'Impact of the crisis security in the agro-sylvo-pastoral sector: Current situation and perspectives'. In his opinion, the show aims to be a real market, a biannual meeting of giving and receiving for the benefit of actors in the value chain of the Agro-sylvo-pastoral sectors. 'The objectives of this edition are clear and ambitious. Through this activity, we want to promote excellence in the production and valorization of agro-sylvo-pastoral products in Burkina Faso,' he said. The president of the SIAEL 2024 organizing committee noted that the show will bring together producers, p rocessors and traders from the agro-sylvo-pastoral sector from the 13 regions of Burkina Faso and neighboring countries such as Côte d'Ivoire, Niger and Mali. He noted that the last edition of the Show which was held from November 23 to 27, 2021 welcomed 234 stands, recorded more than 7,000 visitors in one week with a turnover exceeding 100 million FCFA. This 7th edition of SIAEL is placed under the very high patronage of the Prime Minister, Dr Apollinaire Joachimson Kyélèm de Tambèla, the sponsorship of the Minister in charge of Agriculture and the co-sponsorship of the Minister in charge of the Environment. Source: Burkina Information Agency

Ouagadougou: The Higher Communication Council will send letters of inquiry to two media outlets and to the owner of an account Burkina Faso Information Agency Read the full press release 'The Superior Council of Communication heard, on February 12, 2024, the managers of two professional media and that of an account of the social network 'X' (Ex Twitter) for having disseminated, on February 7, 2024, false information on the rise in the price of hydrocarbons in Burkina Faso. These are the newspaper 'L'Economiste du Faso', 'Radio Oméga' and the owner of an account 'X'. After examination of the minutes of these hearings during an extraordinary session of the College of Advisors, it emerged that all the media managers concerned recognized the falsity of the information broadcast and indicated that they had been mistaken in various ways. In view of the public rectification and apology actions carried out by these media to reestablish the truth after the publication of the denial of the Interministerial Determi nation Committee. of hydrocarbon prices (CIDPH), the College of Advisors took note of their repentance. Also, in an educational approach, he decided to send them letters of inquiry. inviting them to exercise greater caution and professional rigor in the future. In view of the current context, the College takes this opportunity to remind all media, bloggers, Internet users and all citizens of the imperative caution to be observed in the processing and systematic sharing of information, in particular that relating to strategic and sensitive like that of hydrocarbons. He also recalls that the publication and sharing of false information may give rise to administrative sanctions pronounced by the CSC, or even criminal proceedings by the competent judicial authority. The College knows how to count on the responsibility of each and every one for healthy communication which guarantees our country a peaceful social climate. ". Source: Burkina Information Agency