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Burkina Faso tightens grip on motorcycle trade as economy faces strain

Since Captain Ibrahim Traoré assumed power, Burkina Faso has undergone a profound transformation marked by increasingly centralised governance. While official rhetoric champions sovereignty and strategic national reorganisation, the socioeconomic reality on the ground tells a different story. Behind the discourse of rupture, the Burkinabè people—particularly those in the commercial sector—are slipping into silent distress, trapped […]

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Power outages hit Niamey, Dosso, and Tillabéri as NIGELEC addresses technical fault

Niamey, June 8, 2026 – The Société nigérienne d’électricité (NIGELEC) confirmed on Monday that power supply disruptions impacting Dosso, Niamey, and Tillabéri are a direct consequence of a technical incident that occurred within the Zone Fleuve electrical system. NIGELEC’s operational teams identified the system failure around 1:50 AM. Following this detection, the company immediately deployed […]

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Burkina Faso weekly highlights: june 1–7, 2026

The week from June 1 to 7, 2026 was marked by a series of significant events across Burkina Faso, spanning environment, economy, security, diplomacy, social affairs, as well as sports and culture. On the environmental front, a massive fish die-off at Ouagadougou’s dam number 3 drew widespread attention. Laboratory tests conducted by the Ministry of […]