Day: February 23, 2024

Ouagadougou: The Commission for Information Technology and Liberties (CIL) recorded in 2022 around a hundred complaints relating to non-compliance with regulations and others on the illicit use of digital platforms said the President of her institution, Dr Halguièta NASSA/TRAWINA, on Friday. Around a hundred complaints were recorded by the institution by the Commission for Information Technology and Liberties (CIL) in 2022. 'Among the complaints, some relate to non-compliance with regulations and others to the use illicit digital platforms,' said Dr Halguièta NASSA/TRAWINA The President of the Commission on Information Technology and Liberties (CIL), Dr Halguièta NASSA/TRAWINA, submitted the 2022 public activity report of her institution to the Head of State, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, on Friday, indicates a source official. According to Dr Nassa/Trawina, the report takes into account the activities carried out during the year 2022 and includes the perspectives and grievances of the CIL. According to the Pre sident of the institution, in the field of information and awareness, around 15,000 people have been trained in the responsible use of information and communication technologies (ICT). Regarding the processing of formalities, more than 190 projects have been implemented in relation to personal data. In terms of prospects, the Commission for Information Technology and Freedoms plans to organize, on March 30, a national day for the protection of personal data, the holding of a government seminar and the operationalization of the digital education in collaboration with the ministry responsible for education. The president of the CIL took the opportunity of the audience to request support from the Head of State for the construction of the institution's headquarters Source: Burkina Information Agency

Pama: The population of the town of Pama, Eastern region, organized a march-meeting on Thursday, February 22, 2024, to demand urgent supplies. In order to ward off a humanitarian tragedy, the population of the city of Pama held a march-meeting on Thursday February 22, 2024. According to the spokesperson for the demonstrators, Jules César Onadja, they came out to urgently demand supplies because the last convoy was in August 2023. He also added the lack of pharmaceutical products in the province. The town of Pama has been experiencing a shortage for several months, forcing the population to use soy flour to make tô. The demonstrators expressed their support for the Transition authorities and hoped that their grievances would be echoed. Source: Burkina Information Agency

Ouagadougou: A Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR) commanded by Captain 'Tonnerre', has settled in the Eastern region to strengthen the network and firepower in this important border area with Niger , Togo and Benin. According to security sources, the battalion of the captain nicknamed 'Thor', the Nordic god of fire and thunder, will intervene in one of the four provinces of the Eastern region for greater effectiveness against recurring terrorist threats in the region. Its mission will be to provide escorts for large logistical convoys for the benefit of the National Armed Forces or any other organization, to participate in the fight against organized crime alongside the Internal Security Forces, to preserve and perpetuate military traditions. . As a reminder, the Head of State, Captain Ibrahim Traoré created in October 2023, seven new Rapid Intervention Battalions (BIR), including two planned for the Eastern region. Source: Burkina Information Agency

Ouagadougou: The first consultation meeting between electricity companies from the countries of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) ended on Thursday evening in Ouagadougou. It demonstrates the desire of the AES to take charge of its 'destiny in terms of electricity supply', according to the representative of the Minister in charge of Energy Souleymane Kéré. 'This meeting was neither more nor less than the demonstration of our stated desire to take our destiny in hand in terms of supplying our countries with electricity,' said Thursday evening in Ouagadougou, the representative of the Minister of Energy, Mines and Quarries Souleymane Kéré. Mr. Kéré, moreover, Chairman of the Board of Directors (PCA) of SONABEL, spoke at the end of the 72 hours of the first consultation meeting between the electricity companies of the countries of the Alliance of Sahel States ( AES). To the experts from the three countries who carried out the work in Ouagadougou, the minister's representative considered that they had accompl ished something 'historic and admirable' and played their 'part by sounding the alarm'. The PCA of SONABEL reassured the experts that the conclusions of the meeting will be transmitted without delay to the three heads of state of the AES countries. According to the general director of SONABEL Souleymane Ouédraogo, Niger will develop a coal-fired power station, Mali a hydroelectric power station and Burkina will increase its production of solar energy. 'We can do it and must do it. We can count on the mobilization of populations and the support of technical and financial partners because these are structuring projects,' he underlined. Source: Burkina Information Agency

Ouagadougou: The national police assured Friday that there is no mood swing within GUMI 9, as announced by rumors. On February 22, 2024, the Director General of the National Police put an end to the mission and activities of securing the elements of the Group of Mobile Intervention Units (GUMI 9) which was based in Yamba in the province of Gourma, region of ballast. This message, which allows us to reorganize and fundamentally address all the problems of this GUMI, is final. Since this day, February 23, 2024, malicious publications have attempted to sow confusion in public opinion and to mobilize elements of other GUMIs to observe a collective movement of mood. Other misleading publications reported shootings carried out within active GUMIs. The Director General of the National Police and the entire command would like to salute and congratulate all the GUMI and UMI for the satisfactory work carried out on a daily basis in the field, and reassure public opinion that these publications are unfounded and devo id of all credibility. They reassure the populations that no mood swings, and even less shooting, have been observed within the mobile units of the National Police, which continue honorably to carry out their operations to secure the populations. While renewing its congratulations and encouragement to the elements of the GUMI and UMI, and to all the police officers who fight against insecurity on the national territory, the command invites them to be vigilant regarding the visibly malicious nature of these publications which tend to undermine the efforts made. The command finally invites them to redouble their efforts with a view to completing the work of reconquest of the national territory. The National Police, a public force at the service of citizens! Source: Burkina Information Agency

Ouagadougou: The Prime Minister, Dr Apollinaire Joachimson Kyélèm de Tambèla, inaugurated on Thursday the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) device at the Souro Sanou University Hospital Center (CHU-SS) in Bobo-Dioulasso. The availability of MRI at the CHU-SS will relieve the staff, users and the entire population of the Hauts-Bassins region and surrounding areas who are the direct beneficiaries of this equipment, which is so important for hospitals. The commissioning of this MRI at the CHU-SS will also allow hospital practitioners to establish a more reliable diagnosis, and to offer effective treatments without the use of radiation or radioactive material. Furthermore, this important acquisition for the benefit of the CHU-SS will strengthen the capacities of the practitioners of this hospital in terms of diagnosis, in the sense that it will make it possible to make more detailed and more precise diagnoses of pathologies. It should be noted that instructions were given to the technical services and governin g bodies of the CHU-SS, so that they work to lower and harmonize the prices of MRI examinations in the public sector, with a view to make it financially accessible to the population. Source: Burkina Information Agency

Ouagadougou: Father Charles Wanga urged the Catholic faithful on Friday to increase acts of charity and mercy in favor of the most deprived, particularly during this Lent period. Friday in the middle of the day, the Catholic faithful of the Cathedral parish of Ouagadougou met to pray the Stations of the Cross. This act of faith which takes place every Friday during the Lenten season, allows the faithful to meditate on the sufferings of Jesus Christ from his arrest to his crucifixion and to relive his resurrection. Father Charles Wanga, who led the prayer, invited the faithful to take the example of Christ, particularly through acts of charity and mercy towards the needy. During the mass that followed, the priest asked the parishioners to abandon wickedness and persevere in good deeds, as recommended by the Prophet Ezekiel. For Charles Wanga, we must avoid outbursts of anger and insults as taught by Christ himself. Source: Burkina Information Agency

President Kais Saied reviewed during a meeting with Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Moncef Boukthir, at the Carthage Palace on Thursday, the preliminary results of the national consultation on the education system, in which more than 580,000 people took part. According to a statement issued by the Presidency of the Republic, one of the most striking results of the preliminary report is Tunisians' attachment to public schooling and their desire to continue mastering modern technologies. This is in addition to their call for the intensification of intellectual and cultural activities in educational institutions and other areas, which will be included in the draft law on education after the drafting of a law regulating the Higher Council of Education. The establishment of that Council is provided for in Article 135 of the Constitution of 25 July 2022, it was indicated. During the meeting, the Head of State addressed a number of reforms "that were ostensibly reforms but aimed at undermi ning the public service of education", as well as "unsuccessful attempts to damage the notion of thinking among the nascent generations at all stages of education", according to the same statement. He also addressed the issue of the brain drain of Tunisians, "as the elite of the elite in Tunisia has been looking for jobs abroad in all specialities," including the engineering sector, which has seen the migration of more than forty thousand engineers in fifteen years, and the annual migration rate today exceeds six thousand people. "Are we the ones who lend to the countries where these skills have chosen to settle?" Are they the ones who lend us money, or are we the lenders?" asked the President. President Kais Saied said that Tunisia is not against technical cooperation, but "if the best of our skilled people had found the conditions to live a decent life in Tunisia, many would not have thought of emigrating". In this context, he stressed the need to review a number of laws that exacerbate this phenomenon in engineering, medicine and other sciences. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

President Kais Saied stressed the need to put an end to "sub-contracting labour because it is a form of human trafficking and trafficking in the misery of the poor and their hard work". This was during a meeting with Minister of Social Affairs Malek Zahi and Minister of Employment and Vocational Training Lotfi Dhiab at Carthage Palace on Thursday. Saied asked, according to a statement issued by the Presidency of the Republic, "Why do workers not receive their full and fair wages while those who hire and use them receive twice as much as the workers?". He said that employment is the right of every citizen and the state should take the necessary measures to ensure it on the basis of efficiency and fairness. The Head of State also pointed out that every citizen has the right to work under decent conditions and with fair wages, as stated in the Constitution, considering that subcontracting of labour is in no way constitutional or acceptable. He also called for an end to fixed-term contracts, saying that wor kers have the right to stability and it is their natural right to have a clear horizon. "Just as the employer has the right to stability and security, workers also have the right to security, stability and fair remuneration," the Head of State stressed. On another level, the President of the Republic addressed the issue of the automatic adjustment of pensions, especially in the private sector, because "pensioners who have dedicated decades of their lives to work cannot be poorly rewarded when they retire.» Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

The Ministry of Education, in collaboration with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), set up counselling and guidance offices for pupils in 9 pilot schools as part of the Four-Dimensional Model (M4D) programme to prevent school drop-out. Prefabricated rooms are being used as counselling and guidance offices for pupils exposed to the dangers of dropping out of school in pilot schools in the governorates of Tunis, Manouba, Monastir, Mahdia, KEf and Beja, reads a UNICEF Tunisia press release on Friday. These offices will help pupils make the most of the necessary services according to the needs of each of them in a bid to counter the drop-put phenomenon. Funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the M4D programme combines structural, pedagogical, educational and organisational prevention and remediation measures to enable a systemic dynamic to reduce dropout. It includes the setting up of counselling and guidance offices and implementation of pedagogical support mecha nisms. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse