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Burkina Faso built the factories. Now it wants the tomatoes.
Burkina Faso’s tomato export ban, effective March 16, is not a sudden policy shock. It is the enforcement step of a three-year industrial strategy: Traoré built the processing plants, grew output from 290,000 to…
Burkina Faso’s richest men fight over TotalEnergies
Mahamadou Bonkoungou has initiated arbitration proceedings challenging Idrissa Nassa’s Coris Invest Group over TotalEnergies’ former 170-station…
Burkina Faso unveils $64bn development plan
Burkina Faso has adopted the National Development Plan 2026-2030, a $64 billion five-year roadmap structured around security, governance, human…
Burkina Faso Name 30 Players for WAFCON 2026 Camp
Coach Pascal Sawadogo has named a 30-player squad for a training camp in Morocco as Burkina Faso prepare for their second ever Women’s Africa Cup of…
Burkina Faso becomes Africa’s gold hotspot as economic boom unlocks fresh $33 million IMF funding
Burkina Faso produced a record 94 tonnes of gold in 2025, flipping its current account into surplus and unlocking a $33.2 million IMF disbursement…