Day: March 12, 2024

The new branch of the Ligdi Baoré Savings Bank is now operational in the orchard city. It officially opened its doors on Saturday March 9, 2024, during a ceremony sponsored by the elected consular representative of Kénédougou, Drissa Barro known as Da Dri. Created in 2009 by the association for the promotion of savings and investment, the ligdi Boaré savings bank now has ten (10) branches in Burkina Faso including that of Orodara which has just been inaugurated on Saturday March 9, 2024. According to the General Director of Caisse Ligdi Baoré, Ousséni Sawadogo, this agency will allow the populations of the fruit-producing capital of Burkina to make deposits, savings, subscriptions and benefit from credits. The representative of the president of the Board of Directors of this institution, Arouna Modré, invited the beneficiary populations to take ownership of this agency. The Godfather, also elected consular of Kénédougou, Drissa Barro known as Da Dri, expressed his gratitude and recognition to the Organizi ng Committee for having associated him with the ceremony. He said the importance of the opening of the Ligdi Baoré Savings Agency for the populations of the orchard city. Source: Burkina Information Agency

The new director of the Pô remand and correctional center has undertaken a contact and courtesy tour with the decentralized technical services of the State. Objective: introduce yourself and ask for their support for the success of your mission. Appointed on December 4, 2023 and installed on January 24, 2024, the new director of the Pô detention and correction center, Assétou Ouattara, undertook a courtesy visit and contact tour on March 7, 2024 with the services decentralized techniques of the province. This outing of the very first director of the remand center aims to introduce herself to them, thank them for their presence at her installation and ask for their support for the success of her mission. 'Such a specific mission which is the execution of criminal decisions and more particularly the implementation of custodial sentences while promoting the social reintegration of people entrusted to them by the judicial authority,' said Assétou Ouattara. The various directors and department heads welcomed t he director's approach and committed to supporting her in the success of her mission. Ms. Ouattara was accompanied on her tour by the head of the special judicial units, Commander Enoch Kaboré and his deputy, Herman Moise Guessan N. Baki. 'Prisoners from the province of Nahouri are serving their sentences in Manga, very far from their families and the incessant operation of the Pô remand and correctional center will provide relief to them and their families,' underlined Assétou Ouattara. Source: Burkina Information Agency

Bobo-Dioulasso: The Coalition for Health Sovereignty (CO.SOU.SA) held a press conference on Saturday March 9, 2024 in Bobo-Dioulasso, to denounce the ongoing experiments on genetically modified mosquitoes. 'Stop experimenting with genetically modified mosquitoes. We are not guinea pigs!', could we read on the poster of the press conference organized by the Coalition for Health Sovereignty (CO.SOU.SA), on Saturday March 9, 2024 in Bobo-Dioulasso. Indeed, the coalition demands an immediate halt to the experiments implemented by the Target Malaria project in Bobo-Dioulasso. To do this, it calls for the establishment of a moratorium on genetically modified organisms in Burkina Faso and the promotion and generalization of agroecological practices which are respectful of the environment, human and animal health through the implementation away from chemical fertilizers and synthetic pesticides. According to the spokesperson for the coalition, Nestor Podassé, these current experiments have no objective of fighting ag ainst malaria as those behind them try to make people believe. 'The genetic modification of mosquitoes, and ultimately, gene forcing which is the ultimate step sought will allow international firms, in particular those led by Bill Gates, to develop biotechnologies dangerous for the food and health sovereignty of populations, in particular African countries,' he argued in his opening statement. Nestor Podassé and his comrades believe that the experiments carried out in Burkina Faso by the Target Malaria project are not in line with the legislation, in this case Law No. 064-2012/AN of December 20, 2012 on the safety regime in of biotechnology. According to the president of Terre à vie, member of the coalition, Ali Tapsoba de Goamma, the release of mosquitoes should not be done without the consent of the entire population since, he said, mosquitoes can travel . 'It's scientific terrorism because if the enemy decides to harm us, he can use mosquitoes to send us diseases,' he said. What alternative do you propose to fight malaria? To this question, the president of Terre à vie answers: 'For us, it is simply the implementation of a good hygiene and sanitation policy by involving local communities.' Source: Burkina Information Agency

Houndé: The Houndé gold Operation (HGO) mining company , a subsidiary of the Endeavor Mining group , organized a capacity building session for the benefit of economic actors in the Tuy province as part of its local content policy, on Thursday March 7, 2024 in Houndé . The Houndé Gold Operation (HGO) mine is concerned about the market share of local companies in its supply of goods and services. To give local suppliers more opportunity, it initiated a capacity building session on Thursday March 7, 2024 in Houndé for the benefit of economic actors in the Tuy province . The second of its kind, this training, according to the general director of HGO, Adama Savadogo , is part of the mine's commitments relating to the local content policy. Mr. Savadogo revealed that in 2023, HGO made more than 110 billion purchases with companies at the national level, including 5 billion at the Houndé level . For him, this training aims to improve the capacities of local economic players to enable them to increase their marke t share with the mine. 'This training will make it possible to take stock of the markets that the players were able to garner in 2023 and present the market potential for 2024,' explained Adama Savadogo . According to the CEO, at the end of the session, the HGO mine hopes to see economic actors committed to meeting the challenges so that the amount of 5 billion CFA francs for local purchases in Houndé by 2023 increases to 20 billion CFA francs or even 50% of its investments in terms of purchasing goods and services. In his presentation of the results of the local purchasing plan for 2023 and the forecast supply plan for the year 2024 of the mine, the director of purchasing and supplies of HGO, Guy Modeste Damiba , indicated that the forecasts of goods and services by 2024, amount to more than 183 billion CFA francs. Purchase forecasts by area show 30,334,577,460 F CFA for fuel and lubricant, 1,895,737,761 F CFA for catering, 108,936,993 F CFA for office equipment, etc. For the local purchasing manager of the Endeavor Mining group , Balla Niambélé , it was a matter of discussing the local content strategy and the purchasing process, on the one hand, and on the supplier code of conduct. , on the other hand. Regarding strategy, Mr. Niambélé suggested that the mine makes local content an 'operational' priority. In his presentation, he also explained to participants compliance with legislation and contractual obligations at Endeavor Mining . As such, he urged economic actors in the Tuy province to move beyond the informal sector to develop their activities in the formal sector. The discussions after the various communications allowed economic actors as well as civil society actors present at the meeting to submit their concerns and make pleas to mine officials. These discussions revealed that several local suppliers have difficulties, particularly in terms of financing and capacity to benefit from mining markets. To meet these challenges, several local economic players have committed to organizing themselves into an association to apply for HGO markets. This is the case of the president of the traders of the central market of Houndé , Fatoumata Guiré , who was delighted to have participated in this session. According to her, this training made it possible to discover the market opportunities of the HGO mine. 'We women plan to form an association to apply for mining markets,' she said Source: Burkina Information Agency

An old lady over 70 years old was injured on the morning of Monday March 11, in a fire which ravaged 4 tents belonging to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in sector 2 of the town of Bogandé, noted an AIB journalist. Poyenlinbendi Tindano, 71, was injured by flames in her left arm and then her neck in a fire. His life would be out of danger, according to a health worker. We also deplored significant material damage including food, clothing and sleeping equipment and many others. For the moment, the origin of the fire is not known. The flames were contained and then brought under control with the help of local residents. Source: Burkina Information Agency

Bobo-Dioulasso: The Association of young actors for the reproductive health of adolescents and young people (AJASSRAJ), launched, on Saturday March 2, 2024 at the Aube Nouvelle University of Bobo-Dioulasso, the 2nd edition of the competition national oratorical debates. Entitled 'Without taboo', this competition is part of the training and awareness project on the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents and young people in Hauts-Bassins. The 2nd edition of the 'without taboo' debates opened its doors this Saturday March 2, 2024 at the Aube Nouvelle University in Bobo-Dioulasso. This competition, according to its initiators, is part of the training and awareness project on the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents and young people in the Hauts-Bassins. It is the initiative of the Association of Young Actors for the Reproductive Health of Adolescents and Young People (AJASSRAJ). This edition was placed under the theme 'Law, sexual and reproductive health in a health crisis'. According to the p resident of the organizing committee, Ben Abbu Bakr Faïcal Ouattara, there will be direct elimination phases which will pit registered establishments from Bobo-Dioulasso against each other in order to determine the finalists. His expectations, according to him, are to ultimately have young people 'sufficiently informed' about sexuality. 'When we have to talk about sexuality with adults, they find it a taboo subject to be silenced, and yet young people are left to their own devices,' noted Mr. Ouattara. As a result, continued Ben Abbu Bakr Faïcal Ouattara, young people are discovering sexuality with the disadvantages that go with it, such as unwanted pregnancies or even sexually transmitted infections. 'All this because young people are not sufficiently informed about the dangers of sexuality,' he said. 'Sans taboo' is therefore intended to be a platform for expression to provide sufficient information to young people about sexuality. 30 schools in the city of Bobo-Dioulasso are in competition, announced the organizing committee. For the launch, two groups competed, the team from the Burkina Faso Family Welfare Association (ABBEF) against the team from Twellium Industrie. The ABBF team emerged victorious. As a reminder, the first edition was won by the Municipal Vinama Thiémounou Djibril high school. Source: Burkina Information Agency

Ouagadougou: This Tuesday's publications comment on the presentation of the new Stallions coach Brama Traoré, without forgetting the fight against malnutrition and measles. The dean of private daily newspapers, L'Observateur Paalga displays on its headline: 'Vaccination against measles: more than 3 million children expected from March 15 to 21' According to the private newspaper, the Minister in charge of Health will launch on Friday March 15, 2024, the second part of the national vaccination campaign against measles and rubella. The colleague informs that 3,489,383 children aged 9 to 59 months will see their immunity strengthened through this initiative which will concern 61 health districts in the country. For his part, Sidwaya wrote on his front page: 'Fight against malnutrition: Sanitary equipment for the Minister of Health'. The public newspaper affirms that the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) delivered yesterday Monday in Ouagadougou, health equipment worth 170 million FCFA to the Ministry in charge of Health 2024, intended for the Central region -north. In the same vein, the private daily, Le Pays, headlines on its first page: 'Heart surgery: a free campaign for the benefit of 6 people from vulnerable families'. The same newspaper, through a press release from the department in charge of Health, maintains that a cardiac surgery campaign is being held from March 8 to 16, 2024 at the Tengadogo university hospital. According to him, during this campaign, 6 patients from vulnerable families will benefit from heart surgery with, as a bonus, medical technology which constitutes the first of its kind in French-speaking Africa. 'Standards A: Brama Traoré, new coach', headlines the public daily Sidwaya on its front page. The public newspaper indicates that the Burkinabé Football Federation (FBF) officially designated, yesterday Monday in Ouagadougou, during a press conference, Brama Traoré as the new coach of the Stallions. For the private daily Le Pays, the new coach, Brama Traoré, will have the mission of qualifying the Stallions for the CAN 2025 and the 2026 World Cup. As for the Paalga Observer, he interviewed several football players who judge that the coach of the Etalons is an experienced man who knows almost all of the players selectable by Burkina. Source: Burkina Information Agency

Ouagadougou: The new Director of monitoring and promotion of municipal police ( DSPPM), Municipal Police Inspector , Jean Marie Ouédraogo, declared Thursday that the municipal police must play its role as a bulwark for the security of populations as well as internally displaced populations . 'It is therefore up to us, with the directors and commanders of the municipal police, to play our role as a bulwark to guarantee the security of our populations as well as the internally displaced populations in our respective cities , ' indicated the new Director of Police . monitoring and promotion of municipal police ( DSPPM ), the Municipal Police Inspector , Jean Marie Ouédraogo. He was officially installed Thursday in Ouagadougou, in his role as DSPPM, by the Director General of Territorial Communities, Issoufou Kongo . According to Mr. Ouédraogo , it is in this context of generalized insecurity which constitutes a challenge for municipal police officers that they must play their role for the security of the popu lations of the different municipalities . The new Director expressed his gratitude to the authorities who placed their trust in his modest person to lead the Directorate for Monitoring and Promotion of Municipal Police. He also paid tribute to his predecessor, Municipal Police Inspector , Kiénou Waman , who spent seven years at the head of the department.. Jean Marie Ouédraogo also called for synergy of action with the various security forces with a view to boosting terrorism outside Burkina Faso . ' The municipal police cannot and must not be on the sidelines of this fight and we will strive for full participation and total integration of the municipal police as a link in the chain of the fight against terrorism in Burkina ,' he said. -he adds. Appointed in the Council of Ministers on Wednesday February 27, 2024 as DSPPM , the Municipal Police Inspector , Jean Marie Ouédraogo , replaces the Municipal Police Inspector , Waman Kienou , who held this position since October 2017 . Source: Burkina Informat ion Agency

Ouagadougou: The High Authority for State Control and the Fight against Corruption (ASCE-LC), assured yesterday Monday that embezzlement of public funds has greatly decreased in Burkina. 'Behavior regarding the management of public funds is no longer the same. The embezzlement of funds has decreased significantly,' said the interim boss of ASCE-LC, Urbain Millogo, on Monday. Mr. Millogo, whose comments were reported by the Communications Directorate of the Prime Minister, added that this change came about thanks to the fear of the 'policeman'. The Acting State Controller General, Urbain Milogo, presented to Prime Minister Me Apollinaire Kyelem de Tambèla the activity report of his institution, financial year 2022. Source: Burkina Information Agency

Ouagadougou: The Ministry in charge of Land Affairs launched on Tuesday a digital platform for collecting data on plots and housing acquired from former real estate developers from 2008 to the present, in order to enable the State to make decisions on land in Burkina. According to the Secretary General (SG) of the Ministry of Urban Planning, Land Affairs and Housing, Maxime Tiendrébeogo, his department wants to inform buyers of plots from 2008 to 2024 through real estate developers, through a digital platform . Tiendrébeogo announced that information with buyers of plots on the platform began this Tuesday, March 12, 2024 and will last until March 22 at midnight. He was in Ouagadougou on Tuesday in front of journalists, at the official launch of the digital platform for collecting data on plots and housing acquired from former private developers. The SG in charge of Land Affairs also recalled that on June 20, 2023 the government adopted the law on real estate development in Burkina Faso. Maxime Tiendrébeo go also noted the establishment on August 18, 2018, of an interministerial committee for the evaluation of land liabilities by his department of private real estate development activity. 'This committee brings together the actors in the urban land management chain, which are the ministry in charge of Urban Planning, the Economy and that of the Ministry of Territorial Administration,' he maintained. According to him, after the installation of the said committee, the administrative collection of data from the various structures concerned and information was requested, at the same time from previously approved private real estate developers and housing cooperatives following a certain number of frameworks. For Maxime Tiendrébeogo, these frameworks consisted of collecting information relating to the situation of plots and housing built in the actual state of servicing. According to him, the digital data platform was launched for buyers of plots and housing from real estate developers, in order to allow the St ate to resolve land liabilities. Tiendrébeogo pointed out that this platform concerns anyone who has acquired a plot or housing with a private real estate developer. He pointed out that the information on the platform concerns, among other things, any purchase with the previously approved real estate developer, the housing cooperative, the landowner, the previous purchaser or as compensation and donation. 'The Ministry of Urban Planning, Land Affairs and Housing knows how to count on the commitment and contribution of all for the correct filling and within the required time of the digital platform,' he urged. Source: Burkina Information Agency