Insurgents have started a 'water war', in a new twist of violence whereby water sources are contaminated or attacked; the worst affected town is Djibo, where people survive on three litres of water a day and 300.000 have no access to water

The first 44 gold bars from the processing of the fine coal from the Essakane gold mine have been handed over in Ouagadougou, destined to the national reserve; the Transition authorities envision to create wealth through the expertise in mining processing

Military ruler Capt Ibrahim Traoré has sacked Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela and dissolved the entire government; the dismissal of the cabinet was announced in a decree signed by the junta leader on 6 December

The iCivil system allows midwives to register births from smartphones, in an environment where over half of the births are not registered due to the long distances to the registry offices, combined with lengthy registration procedures

The inauguration of the tomato processing plant in the city of Sya, economic capital of Burkina Faso, is scheduled for 30 November; the plant, whose construction work was launched in September 2023, is ready to put its first products on the market