The Burkinabè dailies this Thursday highlight the lifting of the arrest warrant against the former Prime Minister, Yacouba Issac Zida and the report of the Council of Ministers of the day before.
The national daily Sidwaya addresses the Council of Ministers yesterday Wednesday with the headline: "Agricultural productivity 2023-2024: The government adopts the presidential initiative".
The newspaper informs that the President of the Transition, Head of State, Captain Ibrahim Traoré chaired, Wednesday, May 31, 2023, the weekly Council of Ministers which examined and adopted several files on its agenda including that relating to agricultural productivity.
In this regard, Today in Faso displays: "Council of Ministers: Adoption of the presidential initiative for agricultural production 2023-2024", where Le Pays speaks of: "The presidential initiative for agricultural production adopted".
For its part, the private daily L'observer Paalga, on the same subject, specifies that the objectives of this government initiative are, among others, the satisfaction of the national demand for rice in a context marked by security constraints, climate change and import restrictions related to the Russian-Ukrainian crisis.
Still concerning the Council of Ministers, Today in Faso, through its front page, informs that "2,195,758 people (are) in difficult food insecurity".
The same newspaper features, on its headline: "Incompetent military justice: YIZ (Yacouba Isaac Zida, former Prime Minister, editor's note) could soon smell the air of freedom in Burkina".
According to Today in Faso, Yacouba Isaac Zida had been removed from the armed forces for desertion. "Since January 2016, he has been living in exile in Canada and with this court decision, he could now return free provided that the appeal of the military prosecutor's office does not succeed", observes the colleague.
Le Pays deals with the subject in its ''Revelations'' section, under the title: "Military justice: the arrest warrant against the former Prime Minister, Yacouba Issac Zida, lifted".
The newspaper reports that according to information disseminated by several media channels, the military justice of Burkina Faso has lifted the international arrest warrant issued against the former Prime Minister Yacouba Issac Zida.
In the sports section, Sidwaya deals, on his last page, with the 5th day of the qualifiers for the African Cup of Nations (CAN 2023), mentioning that for the meeting Cape Verde # Burkina Faso "the 24 Stallions of Velud to tame Blue Sharks" are known.
According to the newspaper, the coach of the Stallions, Hubert Velud, unveiled, yesterday May 31, a list of 25 players during a press conference in Ouagadougou.
The newspaper Le Pays, meanwhile, while revealing the list of players of the Burkinabè team, informs that on June 18, the Stallions will face the Blue Sharks of Cape Verde on their facilities in Praia on behalf of the 5th day of the CAN Côte d'Ivoire 2023 qualifiers.
Source: Burkina Information Agency