Ouagadougou, Burkinabè publications this Friday comment on the press conference, as a prelude to the organization of the National Citizenship Week (SENAC) scheduled for October 23 to 27, the signing of the contract food aid from Japan for the country, without forgetting the support of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in the fight against insecurity .
“Donation of rolling stock: 22 vehicles for regions with strong security challenges”, headlines the front page of the oldest private daily newspaper in Burkina Faso, L’Observateur Paalga.
According to him, the representative of the UNDP with his side the charge d'affaires of the Embassy of the Republic of Germany, Dr Bernd Munchow-Pohl, officially handed over in Ouagadougou, 22 pick-up vehicles to the Ministry in charge of Security .
The colleague specifies that this rolling stock, worth more than 415 million CFA francs, will help fight insecurity in Burkina Faso, by equipping the Defense and Security Forces (FDS).
The state daily Sidwaya, for its part, maintains that the UNDP gesture is intended for gendarmerie brigades and police stations in municipalities with a strong security challenge.
In this regard, La Cohésion, the latest Burkinabè daily newspaper, shows on its first page: “Fight against terrorism: UNDP offers 22 pick-ups to the FDS”.
For its part, the private daily Le Pays talks about multilateral cooperation, headlined: “Burkina Faso and the United Nations System take stock of their cooperation.”
The newspaper reports that the Minister in charge of Foreign Affairs, Olivia Rouamba, received on the evening of Wednesday October 18, 2023 in Ouagadougou, a delegation from the United Nations system, led by the Acting Resident Coordinator, Alain Akpadji.
According to him, the two parties worked together to strengthen the cooperation framework, through the Association for the Unification of Law in Africa (UNIDA).
The public newspaper Sidwaya reports the signing of a food aid contract, during exchanges within the framework of multilateral cooperation.
Under another aspect, the daily newspaper L'Observateur Paalga headlines in its columns: National Citizenship Week: Act 20 celebrated in 8 tables.
The newspaper highlights that the Secretary General of the Ministry in charge of Justice, Harouna Kadio hosted a press conference yesterday Thursday in Ouagadougou, as a prelude to the organization of the 20th edition of the National Citizenship Week (SENAC) scheduled for October 23 to 27 .
For the dean of Burkina's private daily newspapers, SG Kadio explains that the meeting will take place in a context marked by a crisis of citizenship and the progressive erosion of social values.
The public newspaper Sidwaya, for its part, adds that SENAC 2023 will be celebrated under the seal of the reconquest of the national territory.
On this subject, Le Pays notes that according to SG Harouna Kadio, SENAC constitutes not only a framework for information and awareness of the population, but also for advocacy and questioning of actors at various levels on citizenship.
As for the newspaper La Cohésion, it recalls that the objective of this activity which has been held since 2004 is to promote social cohesion and living together.
And to emphasize that it is with the aim of unfolding the program of this activity that the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, responsible for Relations with institutions, invited the men and women of the media to a press briefing yesterday Thursday in Ouagadougou.
Source: Burkina Information Agency