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BURKINA FASO: Boost for Garden Drip Irrigation
It is raining in Burkina Faso – flooding in some areas – but aid workers and rural families are preparing for the dry season, when water shortages tend to kill off home gardens.
United States Grants Aid for Burkina Faso Road And Agricultural Sectors
The Millennium Challenge Account of the United States government has granted Burkina Faso a package of 1.6 billion CFA francs for the country’s road and agricultural sectors. The first agreement of 1.386 billion CFA francs for the Ministry of Agriculture...
Senegal Proposes Deal with Burkina Faso to Lead ECOWAS Commission
The Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade already nominated his candidate for the Presidency of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and is currently negotiating with his Burkinabe counterpart, Blaise Compaoré, to avoid a “’competition”...
Senegalese Customs Arrest Gambian Carrying Over $400,000 Undeclared Cash
Senegalese customs officers in the village of Karang, at the border with neighboring Gambia have reportedly arrested a Gambian national in possession of ’undeclared foreign currency’ amounting to $448, 170, equivalent to (205 million CFA francs),...
Burkina Faso Establishes National Civil Aviation Agency to Supervise Security
The Burkina Faso government has set up a National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC), which will supervise aviation security on its territory, APA learned Tuesday from the Ministry of Transport. The agency has its headquarters in Ouagadougou and a branch in...
Denmark Helps Fund Water And Sanitation Projects in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso has received some 40 billion CFA francs from Denmark for the water and sanitation sector, the Economy and Finance Ministry has told APA. The current access rate to clean water in Burkina Faso is 61 per cent, with 40,000 wells and boreholes,...
France Grants Financial Assistance to Senegal to Improve Urban Traffic
The Senegalese Minister of Finance and Economy Abdoulaye Diop has signed a CFA 20 billion worth financing agreement with French ambassador to Senegal Jean Christophe Rufin and French Development Agency director Denis Castaing on Monday in Dakar. This...
Experts, Decision Makers Discuss “Migrations And Globalization” in Senegal
Human movements are at the center of African societies’ dynamics, the minister in charge of Senegalese living overseas, Sada Ndiaye, said at the opening in Dakar of an international conference on “Migrations and Globalisation : Present and Future...
