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Strengthening peace and social cohesion: The Episcopal Justice and Peace Commission of Burkina is launching a project in this direction

On December 15, 2022, the Episcopal Commission for Justice and Peace of Burkina (CJP-Burkina) launched the Project to Strengthen Social Cohesion in Seven Dioceses of Burkina (PRCS). Scheduled to span three years (October 2022-September 2025), the PRCS aims to contribute to improving social cohesion, in a context marked by the deterioration of peace, land-related conflicts, … Read more

Neo-Sankarism and Pan-Africanism: Major Challenges in Burkina

by Kim Murray

What pan-Africanisms do the young generations of Africans claim? In Burkina Faso, the movement is also in vogue, it makes recruits and it produces emulators of a militant awakening with well-tooled jargons. From this point of view, the heritage of “Sankarism” weighs heavily in the balance. The political events of recent months have given us … Read more

Burkina Faso: Head of State Ibrahim Traoré decides to keep his captain’s salary

by Rebecca Bush

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(Ouagadougou, November 16, 2022). The President of the Transition, Captain Ibrahim TRAORE, chaired the weekly Council of Ministers on Wednesday. The Minister of Communication, Culture, Arts and Tourism, Government Spokesperson, Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo, gave an update at the end of the Council’s work. He was accompanied by the Minister of Territorial Administration, Decentralization and Security, … Read more

Burkina Faso: after his putsch, Captain Traoré dreams of being a new Sankara

by Kim Murray

Burkina Faso after his putsch Captain Traore dreams of being

Captain Ibrahim Traoré attends a ceremony organized for the 35th anniversary of the assassination of former revolutionary President Thomas Sankara, in Ouagadougou, on October 15, 2022. OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP The final act of the coup was dispatched on the sly. Friday, October 21, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, instigator of the putsch which overthrew Lieutenant-Colonel … Read more

Burkina Faso: CADES-BF, a civil society organization, proposes popular mobilization around the defense forces

by Janet Freeman

The Circle of Actions for the Economic and Social Development of Burkina Faso (CADES-BF) was in front of the press on October 7, 2022. Objective, to show its support for the MPSR which it describes as “the people’s MPSR” and to make a whole proposals to the new authorities to get the country out of … Read more

Du Mali au Burkina : le sorcier Macron et les petits démons, par François Soudan – Jeune Afrique

by Kim Murray

Depuis sa première édition, en 1946, on a entendu à l’Assemblée générale de l’ONU deux types de discours. Ceux – la grande majorité – qui passent inaperçus, prononcés à une heure tardive devant une poignée de délégués somnolents. Et ceux, beaucoup plus rares, dont l’Histoire se souvient de par la densité de leur contenu et … Read more

Yoga: The international day commemorated in Burkina for a healthy life and well-being

by Allen Virginia

Hatha yoga, Yoga club in Burkina Faso celebrated the international day of this discipline on June 24, 2022 at the Institute of Sports Sciences and Human Development (ISSDH). Hatha Yoga has also launched wellness month in Burkina Faso. What’s next after this ad ISSDH students try their hand at yoga. Yoga is an Indian discipline … Read more