The country's first mining waste treatment plant was inaugurated in the country, one of Africa's leading gold-producing states

Relatives of the victims of an attack that claimed hundreds of lives in August accused the head of the country's junta, Captain Ibrahim Traore, of being responsible for the tragedy

A ban on street begging has been in place for a few days and a police operation is underway in several cities across the country to remove beggars from the streets

Human Rights Watch condemned the military authorities' use of the Emergency Law to illegally conscript magistrates who opened legal proceedings against junta supporters

In a technical reorganisation of the government, it was announced, among other things, that a ministry dedicated to security and headed by police commissioner Mahamadou Sana would be created