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Sahel Economy
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Burkina Faso6 min
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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…
6 min read21 Mar 2026
Burkina Faso2 min
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…
9 Mar 2026