Burkina Faso

The Sahel G5Summit, held last Friday in Nouakchott, approved a development program for 15 billion dollars; it is what revealed the Mauritanian president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. The head office of Sahel G5 was set in Nouakchott, added Ould Abdel Aziz in a press conference at the end of the …

Sixteen (16) years after his murder, the memories of the Burkinabe journalist Norbert Zongo, is still present in the minds because of his commitment for the fight injustice in his country at that time. On the occasion of the 16th remembrance of this sad event, Borry Bana, the movie that …

After five last years at the head of the Pan-African Cinema Festival of Ouagadougou, Michel Ouédraogo hands over to Ardiouma Soma who was just nappointed, Director General of the FESPACO. The decision is contained in the report of the Council of Ministers held on Wednesday in Dédougou, about 300 km …

The West Africa dominated the African musical scene in 2014 with the revelation of new talents of the Afro music. The Nigerian and Ghanaian artists are so in the front row for the various international rankings. This new trend (Azonto, Skelewu, Gweta) does not however overshadow the previous African tones. …

The center for the promotion of the leadership on the African continent « African Leadership Academy » (ALA) based in Johannesburg (South Africa) is opened until 12th December 2014 for the registration of the candidates for the class 2015. Created in 2008, the center recruits hundreds of young people for its various …

Africa Top Success launches the first edition of Africa Top Success Awards. The event distinguishes the personalities whose achievements during the year 2014 participated in the development of Africa and in the improvement of its image on the international level. For this first edition of Africa Top Success Awards, the …

Initially planned for this Thursday, « Peace evening » will finally be held on next 18th December; and this time, it is not because of Ebola as it was the case for several other events postponed or simply cancelled in the country. The organizers intend to honor the memory of dozens deaths …

The president of the transition in Burkina Faso, Michel Kafando, was officially invested with power last Friday evening in Ouagadougou in the presence of numerous personalities among whom six Heads of States from sub-region. The ceremony for the transfer of the powers with Lt Col Yacouba Isaac Zida took place …

People of Burkina Faso were not expecting his appointment as head of government of transition. Contrary to all expectations, Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Zida was appointed Prime Minister on Wednesday by the president of transition, Michel Kafando. This appointment seems as an unfinished revolution to certain demonstrators who pushed the former …

Rumors announced him on power after the resignation of the former president, Blaise Compaore (under the pressure of the population). Contrary to all expectations, Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Yacouba Zida delicately led the process having ended with the implementation of the transition organ managed by Michel Kafando. Lieutenant colonel Isaac Yacouba …

Lieutenant Colonel Zida in command of Burkina Faso since the fall of the former president, Blaise Campore, has just put handed the power over to a civilian as Burkinabe people and the international community have wished it. Michel Kafando, the new strong man of Burkina Faso, is unanimously appointed by …

Starting its 10 years, Africa Telecom Group has launched TamTam, a new economic model for high-speed Internet development in Africa. TamTam is the first turnkey Hotspot system coupling satellite and Wi-Fi that allows each and every one to become closeness Internet service provider without any cost of operations other than …

BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) revealed on Monday the appointed players for its traditional award for the Best African player of the year. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Gervinho, Yacine Brahimi, Vincent Enyeama are in race to succeed to Yaya Touré who is also nominated. These 5 players were appointed by journalists from the …

The situation in Burkina Faso after the fall of Blaise Compaoré is at the heart of the discussions during the extraordinary summit of the Heads of States and governments opened on Thursday in the Ghanaian capital town. At first, this meeting was planned to be an opportunity to discuss about …

The African Union is worried about the situation prevailing in Burkina Faso. For sake of reassurance, the Chairman of the AU Commission, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has just appointed the Togolese, Edem Kodjo, as « AU Special representative » for the « country of honest people« . The objective is to strengthen the efforts of …

The President of Guinea Democratic Forces Union (UFDG), Cellou Dalein Diallo, indicated that the president of Republic called him to thank him for « his personal implication in the fight against the epidemic« , reported our colleagues from Africahotnews. The opponent of Alpha Condé in the presidential elections of 2015 in Guinea …

The Burkinabe cinema is mourning. The Burkinabe actress, Fati Millogo known under the name of Tanti Abi (photo at left) in the series, Les Bobodioufs, died last 23rd October from from a cardiac arrest. In this funny series, she was the wife of Tonton Drissa (photo at right) and mother …

Government adopted a bill relative to the organization for the marketing of gold in Burkina Faso. This bill has for objective to group and complete in one law the essential texts governing the marketing activities of gold in the country, with the aim of their good management. This bill was …

Seven heads of States and of governments as well as the president of Guinea Bissau National Parliament representing his country, met on Monday in Burkinabe capital town within the framework of the remembrance of 20 years of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU). For Cheik Hadjibou Soumaré, chairman …

Within a few months, all African television channels will move to digital terrestrial television (DTT). This new situation will change the habits of populations. The latter have to equip themselves with television sets capable of receiving sounds and high definition pictures (HD particularly). In Ivory Coast, government issued a decree …

In front of devastation of Ebola virus fever in West Africa, actors in diverse domains make a commitment through actions intended to slow down its spreading or at least, preserve « zero case » status in countries where the disease is not declared. It is from this perspective that the Burkinabe musician, …

Africa Top Success announced it earlier to you that registrations for the edition 2014 of the music competition organized by RFI started in April. Several hundred young candidates applied to succeed to the Burkinabe Smarty (whose real name is Louis Salif Kiekieta). Le site of the French radio station just …

Growth is assured in Africa. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its biannual report published on 7th October indicated that the growth in sub-Saharan Africa will be at 5,1 % in 2014 contrary to 5,4 % announced. The year 2015 will be much more favorable with a growth estimated at …

As reported by Africa Top Success, the spreading of Ebola virus disease in West African countries is worrying many people. Several international meetings planned in this part of Africa were postponed, relocated or simply cancelled. Burkina Faso is not affected by the disease but is taking precaution measures. The country …

Four countries of the sub-region will successively welcome the 14th edition of Theater and Puppets International Festival of Ouagadougou (FITMO) around the « problem of artistic training and socio-professional insertion of artists in Africa« . According to sources close to the organization, the event will be held from 10th October to 5th …

Initially planned from 15th to 22nd November 2014 in Ouagadougou at the « Maison du people », the 11th edition of the Scientific Research and Technological Innovation National Forum (FRSIT) is postponed to a later date because of the sanitary situation caused by the spreading of Ebola virus in the West African …

The government of Burkina Faso made is committed to considerably reduce the digital divide. After the announcement of the construction of a Backbone for more than 5 thousand km assigned to the Chinese company, Huawei Technologies (for 120 billion), the country is getting ready for the construction of « G-Cloud », a …

Within some few days, universities and colleges in Burkina Faso will be equipped with 128 brand new buses. Concretely, they will be 60 public transport buses of 70 seats, 8 mini buses of 35 seats, 7 mini buses of 22 seats, whole engines, spare parts and workshops equipment. Estimated at …

Convey conscious messages in favor of the young girl and woman; that is the original idea of the singer from Burkina Faso, Rovane that started on Saturday, 20th September a tour on a national scale. The artist will present during a series of concerts in 15 localities and this until …

The 5th opus by the musician of Burkina Faso, Sana Bob, baptized: « Notre temps » is henceforth available on the disc market. Fully recorded in live in three studios of the capital town of Burkina Faso and in Belgium, the album of 12 songs was launched on Monday in Ouagadougou. It …