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Burkina Faso plans to Integrate Traditional Medicine Into Public Health System
Zambian Observer
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June 11, 2025
Burkina Faso is taking steps to legally recognize the use of traditional medicine in it’s public health system. The initiative, led in collaboration with the Minister of Health aims to establish a regulatory framework to formalize traditional...
Tanzania and Burkina Faso Lead Africa’s Push for Gold Sovereignty
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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June 16, 2025
Tanzania is intensifying efforts to reclaim control over its gold reserves by mandating that large-scale mining companies process and trade at least 20% of their production domestically. This bold move positions the East African nation among a...
Kere Architecture creates louvred mausoleum for encounter and recreation in Burkina Faso
World Architecture Community
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June 16, 2025
Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo, the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, has inaugurated a mausoleum to honor Thomas Sankara, a pan-Africanist revolutionary and former president of Burkina Faso, along with twelve of his aides. Berlin-based...
Liberia: Weah Congratulates President Bio on Election as ECOWAS Chair
Front Page Africa
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June 26, 2025
Weah described Bio as “the right man for the moment,” citing his leadership experience and understanding of regional dynamics. MONROVIA — Former Liberian President George Manneh Weah has extended congratulations to Sierra Leonean President Julius...
ECOWAS Plans Life Without Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali
Arise News
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June 15, 2025
The Economic Community of West African States on Sunday announced plans to organise a summit: “the Future of the Community,” to strategise on life without exited member states- Burkina-Faso, Mali and Niger Republic. The three francophone countries...
Bill Gates praises Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger’s strong health systems, urges Nigeria to catch up
Business Insider Africa
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June 15, 2025
During a recent roundtable discussion with The Africa Report, Gates emphasized that although politics in military-led governments differ, their health sectors in stable areas have remained intact and relatively efficient. “Some of those countries...
Emerging African economies in the global world
Business and Financial Times
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June 25, 2025
By Louis GYIMAH In the mid-2020s, the world economy continues to demonstrate unprecedented complexity, interdependency, and velocity. The fragility of global economic systems was highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent supply chain...
Powering African Economies: African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 To Host Program Track On Power, Infrastructure Sectors
MENAFN
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June 25, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies – taking place September 29 to October 3 in Cape Town – will feature a Power Africa Track as part of its main conference program. The track, dedicated to addressing emerging...
Economy, health, education, top agenda as ECOWAS ministers meet in Abuja
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 19, 2025
Critical issues relating to economic integration, infrastructure development, health, education and agriculture were some of the issues topping the agenda at the opening of the 94th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers in Abuja on...
Minister warns against economic dependence on former colonial powers
Punch
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June 19, 2025
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States Council of Ministers, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has warned against continued economic dependence on former colonial powers. Tuggar gave the warning at the...
Junta-led Burkina Faso nationalises five gold mining assets
Business Insider Africa
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June 13, 2025
Burkina Faso has officially completed the handover of five gold mining assets to its state-owned mining company, marking a significant step in the country’s push for greater control over its natural resources. The transfer, confirmed through a...
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) And Food And Agriculture Organization (FAO) Conduct First Atoms4food Assessment Mission To Burkina Faso
MENAFN
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June 13, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) In a critical step toward addressing food insecurity in West Africa, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations have launched their first joint Atoms4Food...
Mali Junta Continues War Against Free Speech, Multiparty Politics
Africa Defense Forum
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June 24, 2025
Malian journalist Seydou Oumar Traoré on May 26 was arrested for criticizing Guinea’s transitional president, Gen. Mamady Doumbouya, marking a continuing trend of jailing Malian critics of regional juntas. Traoré, who had just returned from an...
Meet TPM’s “hero”
Kiwiblog
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July 5, 2025
July 6, 2025 7:00am by David Farrar Te Pati Maori co-leader Rawiri Waititi shared a video of Ibrahim Traoré on Instagram and declared him his “hero”. Traoré is the leader of Burkina Faso. Here’s his record: Supported a coup that forced out of...
Media reports more African nations face US visa prohibition
MENAFN
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June 19, 2025
(MENAFN) The United States intends to widen its controversial travel restrictions to citizens from 36 additional countries, with 25 of them located in Africa, according to an internal State Department memo reported by The Washington Post over the...
Burkina Faso's revolutionary shift under Traoré's leadership
Sunday Independent
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June 7, 2025
IN Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, a structure has risen that embodies more than just memory: It symbolises vision, renewal, and resistance. It is the Thomas Sankara Mausoleum. The Thomas Sankara Mausoleum, designed by the...
SA's Debt Crisis: A Crippling Embrace of the World Bank
IOL
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Zamikhaya Maseti|Published 1 hour ago 5min Zamikhaya Maseti On June 24, 2025, the National Treasury released an official statement: “South Africa and the World Bank sign USD 1.5 billion loan agreement to support infrastructure modernisation and...
IAEA and FAO Conduct First Atoms4Food Assessment Mission to Burkina Faso
IAEA
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In a critical step toward addressing food insecurity in West Africa, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations have launched their first joint Atoms4Food Initiative...
Ghana courts Chinese investors with 24-hour economy incentive
Ghana News Agency
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June 24, 2025
By Francis Ntow Accra, June 24, GNA – The Chief of Staff, Mr. Julius Debrah, has urged Chinese manufacturers to take advantage of Ghana’s 24-hour economy initiative, highlighting it as a major incentive for profitable investment. Speaking at the...
Mali signs trade deal with Russia as ties strengthen
BBC
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Mali and Russia have signed a series of agreements aimed at expanding mutual trade and strengthening economic ties. Among them is a pledge for greater cooperation on nuclear energy, according to details released by the Kremlin. The announcement of...