Burkina Faso

The list of candidates for the succession of the former Burkinabe president, Blaise Compaoré, is getting long. The latest and the most surprising candidate is the artist Zêdess. Of his real name Seydou Zongo, Zêdess is listed among the famous reggae artists of Burkina Faso. Former member of the Band …

Investgations on the circumstances concerning the death of the former Burkinabe president Thomas Sankara are in progress since the fall of Compaoré’s regime by the street uprising. After the arrival of the widow Mariam Sankara in Burkina Faso, then heard by the national jurisdictions, the exhumation corpses of Thomas Sankara …

Africa Top Success was announcing that the fourth edition of the International Fair on Energy, Mines and Quarries (SEMICA) will be held from 28th to 30th May 2015 in the Burkinabe capital. In front of repetitive attacks by armed groups in certain countries of West Africa, the steering committee has …

The 47th summit of the heads of State and government of the ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) held on Tuesday in Accra (Ghana) was an unsuccessful meeting to limit the presidential terms to two in this region. According to BBC Africa, Togo and Gambia rejected the proposal of …

It was a jubilant crowd that came to Ouagadougou airport to welcome on Thursday, 14th May, Mariam Sankara, the widow of the former president, Thomas Sankara, who has lived in exile Montpellier, France since the murder of her husband in 1987. The return of the former first lady of Burkina …

The whole world is commemorating this year the 34th anniversary of the death of the « King of Reggae« , Bob Marley. In this context, the production house « One Way Production » organizes the Marley d’or for the second consecutive time. The second edition will be held from the coming 7th to 11th …

Make it simpler and faster in order to remove obstacles to new business start-up, favor formalization of the existing activities and boost private investments in the region. The workshop for business facilitation in the WAEMU space, organized by the WAEMU Commission in partnership with BizClim, ended its works on 24th …

The edition 2015 of the ceremony rewarding the Burkinabe and African artists came to an end on Saturday, 25th April in Burkina Faso with the coronation of Sanaa Bob. The reggae lover won the golden Kunde, the most prestigious axard of the evening. The holding of Kunde 2015 was uncertain …

According to the managing staff of the Burkinabe subsidiary of the Pan-African banking group, Ecobank, « the bank registered good results in spite of the difficult national and international context« . It appears that Ecobank Burkina made in 2014 a total balance of 605.60 billion FCFA or a progress of 15 % …

Twenty (20) artists, 20 live shows, 3 big conferences, 10 projections of movies, stands, bars restaurants and VIP spaces, are the poster of the very first edition of the « Reggae city festival« , a meeting taking place from 9th to 11th May 2015 in the Burkinabe capital. The festival which will …

Elections are planned in 2015 in several African countries. Nigeria has just eperienced a peaceful political change appreciated by all. But the holding and the outcome of other African ballots seem more uncertain. The UNO was even worried last Wednesday about the « position taken » by Burundi before general election and …

The Ivorian ministry of economic Infrastructures granted to the consortium managed by Louis Berger, a building work supervision contract for 1.65 million euros or 1.76 million dollars financed by the debt paydown and development program of the French Agency of Development (AFD) for Ivory Coast. The consortium will supervise the …

  The encouraging results registered during the first phase of the business facilitation project within the WAEMU space brought the leaders of the West African Economic and Monetary Union member States to continue the initiative. The WAEMU commission in association with the Bizclim Facility (European Union) organizes from 20th to …

The grave of the Burkina deceased preisdent, Thomas Sankara, and those of the 11 other people murdered with the president at the same time on 15th October 1987, are under seal as required by the justice, confirmed on Friday, the Mr. Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara, one of the lawyers in this …

The Burkinabe government is particularly interested in the implication of women in the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTS). In the straight line for the celebration of the International Woman’s Day (IWD 2015), about twenty women and IT specialists met last Saturday in Ouagadougou under the initiative of the managing staff …

Water remains a precious and vital resource for the survival of the human, animal and vegetable race. Initiatives are multiplied on the continent for its supply in sufficient quantity and quality for the greater well-being of the populations, rural particularly. In Burkina Faso, the project for drinking water supply in …

Burkina Faso won the edition 2015 of the « Promotion of the French language (PROLAF 2015) » competition held in Cotonou, Benin and that gathered 56 candidates from four West African countries, according to the results proclaimed on Tuesday. The competition organized within the framework of the celebration of the International Day …

Josiane Ki was crowned Miss University 2015, a beauty competition that henceforth acts as Miss of the Faso. Between fashion show and dance, 18 candidates coming from various universities, high schools and secondary schools of Burkina, competed in beauty, elegance, charm and skills. It was during a prestigious evening which …

With the success of the first two phases, the phase III of the « A lamp for Africa » project was launched last Thursday at the public primary school of the village of Guesna in the municipality of Boussé, province of Kourwéogo (region of the central plateau). It covers January 2015 to …

On the occasion of the International Day of the Francophony celebrated every 20th March, and the World Storytelling Day, the head office of the UNESCO in Paris hosted on Monday, 23rd March 2015 an evening of the French-speaking storytelling entitled « Paroles partagées » (Shared Words) During this evening, tales were presented …

The 4th edition of the International Fair on Energy, Mines and Quarries (SEMICA) will be held from 28th to 30th May of this year in the Burkinabe capital with Sweden as guest country of honor. About 3000 participants coming from 50 countries are expected in this first West African meeting …

The Canal+ group continues its policy of consolidating its offer towards the sub-Saharan Africa by proposing to its subscribers, a new service to watch its programs in mobility. After A+ launched in October 2014, the French group proceeded on Tuesday to the launch of 25 new channels that come to …

The 15th edition of the Kundé d’or (Golden Kundé), the greatest award ceremony for the artist musicians in Burkina Faso, will take place on 24th April of this year in Ouagadougou. The artists Dez Altino, Sana Bob and Dicko Fils are nominated this year in the category of the Kundé …

The organizers of prestigious Africa Ceo Forum dedicated to the holding of the event on the African land. After the Ivorian attempt missed because of Ebola, the promoters of the forum intend to come back on the continent. In his speech at the opening of the third edition that started …

Set up in December 2014, the national reconciliation and reforms commission appointed Bishop Paul Ouédraogo, archbishop of Bobo – Dioulasso, as its chairman. It was at the end of the first session of the aforementioned commission held on Tuesday in Ouagadougou. The works were supervised by the dean, Joseph Kabré. …

The Police Inspector, Malika, in the Burkinabe television series « Super Flics« , Maïmouna N’Diaye was crowned best actress at Fespaco 2015. Last Saturday in Ouagadougou, the main actress of the movie « L’œil du cyclone » (The eye of the cyclone) dedicated her prize to all women worldwide within the framework of the …

Six African countries will benefit from the experimental phase of the « Let Girls learn » project initiated by the American first lady for girls of eleven countries of the world (Albania, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Georgia, Ghana, Moldavia, Mongolia, Mozambique, Uganda and Togo). The project will be carried out by the …

  The success of « Timbuktu« , the movie by the Mauritanian director, Abderrahman Sissako, did not impress the Jury of the 24th Fespaco that ended on Saturday, 7th March 2014 in the Burkinabe capital town. The movie that scraped seven (7) over eight (8) Oscar in Paris a few days ago, …

End of the suspense at the 24th Pan-African Cinema and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO). The Moroccan movie « Fièvre » by Hicham Ayouch won the Gold standard in front of « Fadhma N’Soumer » by the Algerian, Belkacem Hadjadj (Silver). « L’Œil du cyclone » by the Burkinabe, Sékou Traoré, won the « Sembène Ousmane » prize …

Last Wednesday, the Burkinabe transition government authorized the exhumation of Thomas Sankara’s corpse to be formally identified. The former president of Burkina Faso was murdered 15th October 1987 during a coup d’Etat that brought Blaise Compaoré to power. Seized by the family of Captain Sankara, the African Court of human …