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25/04/2018 Donsin airport attracts global competition Ouagadougou's new airport is whetting the appetite of the multinationals. An investigation. [...]
25/04/2018 China Railway eyes the Accra connection The project to construct a rail link between Burkina Faso [...]
10/04/2018 Mines ministry gets youth boost Burkinabe president Roch Marc Christian Kabore has given his green light for a massive recruitment plan within the ministry of [...]
04/04/2018 Frank Timis in danger of losing Tambao The Burkinabe authorities have confirmed their intention of seeking a new partner to operate the site. The businessman is trying to block the decision. [...]
04/04/2018 Will Bollore come unstuck against Sopam? The dispute between Bollore and Sopam came to a head [...]
27/03/2018 Oumarou Idani mandates user guide for mining projects Two Burkinabe engineering firms, Socrege and Begimine, have been tasked [...]
27/03/2018 Former AngloGold and Billiton execs tap into Niare and Sao gold Aforo Resources, the junior poised to purchase two Burkinabe gold mines, has four West African gold experts at the helm. [...]
27/03/2018 Miners to be certified by CSR label Burkina Faso's Chamber of mines has set up a corporate [...]
21/03/2018 Cherif Sy and consorts in Paris to set the record straight In mid-March, the Burkinabe president Roch Marc Christian Kabore dispatched [...]
21/03/2018 Kabore urges Ankara to invest Encouraged by the president, Turkish businesses are set to expand rapidly. [...]
13/03/2018 Semafo, Elie Ouedraogo's springboard towards top role? Elie Ouedraogo might surf on Canadian gold producer Semafo's ambitions to get a step ahead of his rival, Apollinaire Compaore, [...]
Breaking news 09/03/2018 African heads of state steer clear of Zinsou-Bonkoungou debt dispute The bitter dispute between Lionel Zinsou and Mahamadou Bonkoungou, which was revealed by West Africa Newsletter (WAN 771), has shifted [...]
07/03/2018 Air Burkina bolsters its fleet as the private sector beckons Engaged in a major restructuring ever since the Aga Khan [...]
27/02/2018 Chamber of mines "educational" lobbying of parliament In early January, Burkina Faso's members of parliament accepted Chambre des mines du Burkina's request to organize training sessions in [...]
27/02/2018 NGO Good Governance Africa scouts for mining clients In late 2018, South African NGO Good Governance Africa (GGA), [...]
21/02/2018 Candidate Zinsou's debts under his economist credentials Lionel Zinsou, one of Emmanuel Macron's valued advisers and head [...]
21/02/2018 Diawara relaunches himself via CIDEF Created in late 2017 but only genuinely operational since early [...]
20/02/2018 Feeling the heat from Sonabhy, Razack Saka turns to Kabore While Societe nationale burkinabe d'hydrocarbures (Sonabhy) would like to reach a deal that would cut the cost of its storage [...]
07/02/2018 The ghost of Salif Diallo shapes the electoral landscape of 2020 Roch Marc Christian Kabore will have to accommodate supporters of the former speaker of parliament in the run-up to the next presidential election. [...]
07/02/2018 Salif ‘Kossouka' Ouedraogo, the aspiring rival to Togouna Permitted to return to Ouagadougou in July 2017 after ten [...]
30/01/2018 Endeavour's golden boy Adama Soro French entrepreneur Sebastien de Montessus, head of British firm Endeavour Mining, has set up the new team to handle the [...]
30/01/2018 Troy Minerals brings artisanal gold mining into digital era Troy Minerals, a UAE firm specialised in due diligence and [...]
30/01/2018 Dieudonne Samson Yaogho helping Acacia restructure in West Africa Until now CEO of Canadian junior Komet Resources in Ouagadougou, [...]
24/01/2018 Kabore reinforces the Beijing-Taiwan axis The president is allowing relations with China to flourish while at the same time recognising the island nation. [...]
24/01/2018 Barke Ibrahima Tall takes national security in hand Against the disturbing backdrop of the arrest of Colonel Auguste Denise Barry, the chief commissioner of police Barke Ibrahima Tall [...]