Ouagadougou: This Friday's publications largely comment on the new conditions of entry and stay of foreigners in Burkina Faso and the meeting of electricity companies of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) for the construction of a coal-fired power station in Niger.'Electricity for all in the AES space: Experts are counting on the valorization of endogenous resources', announces the state daily Sidwaya on its front page.The newspaper informs that the first consultation meeting between the electricity companies of the AES countries ended on the evening of February 22, 2024 in Ouagadougou.The state daily maintains that experts have identified several short, medium and long term projects, with a view to securing the countries' electricity supply.Brother Le Pays specifies that the adoption of the said bill will also make it possible not only to fight effectively against terrorist groups and cross-border and transnational criminal organizations, but also to considerably reduce insecurity on Burkinabe territ ory.The private daily L'Observateur Paalga adds that Burkinabè, Malian and Nigerien experts have defined six strategic axes and made recommendations with the aim of finding endogenous solutions to the supply of juice to the populations.The Burkinabè press was also interested in the law on entries and exits in Burkina Faso.The state daily Sidwaya headlines to this effect 'law on entries and exits in Burkina Faso: MPs give their discharge'.The newspaper specifies that the Transitional Legislative Assembly (ALT) adopted in plenary, on Thursday February 22, 2024 in Ouagadougou, a law establishing conditions for the entry and stay of foreigners, and the exit of nationals and foreigners from the national territory.The private daily L'Observateur Paalga, still speaking of the new conditions of entry and stay of foreigners, continues that in the opinion of the Minister Delegate in charge of Security, Mahamoudou Sana, the new law will allow not only the police forces to take the appropriate border control me asures required by the current security context, but also to internalize the various international conventions and resolutions.Le Pays, for its part, headlines 'Entry and exit of foreigners and nationals from Burkina: The law passed unanimously'.He indicates that the bill was adopted in a context of increasing global migratory flow marked by the appearance of asymmetric threats such as terrorism, organized crime and trafficking of all kinds.Source: Burkina Information Agency
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