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we are in Burkina Faso

After leaving ECOWAS, Burkina Faso has just achieved a remarkable achievement, surpassing Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, and many other African countries in a prestigious ranking. Indeed, according to the 2024 Open Data Watch global ranking, Burkina Faso ranks first in West Africa and second on the continent, just behind Morocco and well ahead of Côte d'Ivoire and Nigeria. The ranking is based on the assessment conducted by the Open Data Inventory (ODIN), which analyzes the quality of national statistical systems through data made available on official platforms. Burkina Faso achieved an overall score of 77 out of 100, thanks to the quality of its statistical platform, considered among the best on the continent. According to Adama Nabayaogo, Senior Administrator of Open Data Burkina Faso, two criteria were decisive in this assessment: open data and coverage of statistical topics.  These results demonstrate the work accomplished by Burkinabe institutions to improve the collection and d...
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Liptako-Gourma of the Sahel

  - "Liptako-Gourma" is a cross-border region located at the crossroads of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, in the heart of the Sahel. Covering 370,000 km², it stretches across arid and landlocked areas, crossed by the Niger River for 1,400 km. This region, characterized by a semi-arid climate, is historically rich but economically marginalized. The Sahara, meanwhile, is the world's largest hot desert, stretching 8.5 million km² across North Africa, from Morocco to Egypt, Algeria, Libya, and Niger.  It is a mosaic of landscapes, from dunes to rocky plateaus, where underground resources contrast with surface poverty.   - Liptako-Gourma Charter establishing the Alliance of Sahel States between Burkina Faso, the Republic of Mali, and the Republic of Niger. On September 16, 2023, three Sahel states—Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger—formed an alliance. (AES)  The Government of Burkina Faso  The Government of the Republic of Mali  The Government of the Republic of Nige...
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Ibrahim Traore in Moscow

   Today in the world, it is really difficult not to hear about Ibrahim Traore, the president of Burkina Faso. It is not the first time that I.B, as the Burkinabe population calls him, has made a sensation in the media.  In 2023, at a summit organized by Russia that IB participated in, he made a speech that many observers qualified as brilliant, historic and according to some others disrespectful, but I say it is a reminder of order. In his speech at the 2nd Russia-Africa Summit, Ibrahim Traoré highlighted the profound changes underway in his country and in Africa. He emphasized the need to seize opportunities arising from political, economic, and social developments to create a better future.    He highlighted the growing autonomy of African nations and called for enhanced regional cooperation and the responsible exploitation of the continent's resources. His speech reflected the hope and determination of Africans to shape their own destiny, while inviting the ...
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A light at the end of the tunnel.

In the context where Africa as a continent is looking for development and infrastructure, many opportunities are presented every day.  African countries often, if not always, encounter financing problems when it comes to agro-industrial development. There are many public figures who make statements and express their desire for African countries to remain underdeveloped, a country that provides raw materials for other countries to transform.  All this is not a fatality because from many other perspectives, the BRICS+ countries are one of the exit doors for African countries.  Will the continent seize the opportunities proposed by the BRICS+ countries? An axis that is developing very well is Russia-AES. Cooperating with the BRICS+ countries is an opportunity that the AES countries must seize to escape from the French colonial yoke, which is playing every maneuver to keep the former colonies in a state of poverty and thus the system of exploitation will remain.  What ca...
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AES in the sights of the imperial USA ?

We are experiencing a tension that continues to rise in Africa, it was the only continent that did not heat up but now the United States has spoken out through General Michael Langley to accuse the AES countries, especially Captain Hibraim Traore, the president of Burkina Faso, of using the country's mineral resources for his personal protection.  These accusations, which we know to be fake news, are fabricated in the country of Uncle Sam.... Let's take a look at what the United States is doing in the world,  the war in Ukraine is being lost,  the trade war against China is being lost,  the dollar is losing value every day, and now it is up to African countries that have large gold reserves,  to try to recover their declining economies.  Faced with the accusations made by the American general against the president of Burkina Faso, there has been a huge wave of support for the IB.  Many organizations have denied the accusations, criticizing the American...
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from BRIC to BRICS+

It was 4 countries to start with (bric) Brazil, Russia,  India and China .... The term bric was coined by a Goldman Sachs investment bank economist named Jim O'Neill who first used it in a meeting he had with the group in 2001. Then they added South Africa as a country with rapid economic growth. This term first appeared in a note by Jim O'Neill, an economist at the investment bank Goldman Sachs, and was taken up again in a report published by two economists from the same bank.   The BRICS+ is now a group of ten countries—Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Iran, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, and Ethiopia—aiming to rival the Group of Seven.  The BRICs are high-growth countries whose weight in the global economy is increasing at the beginning of the 21st century.  The BRICS countries use their national currencies to trade among themselves to reduce the influence of the dollar in world trade so that the United States cannot use the dollar to ...
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Is an AES, ECOWAS partnership possible?

An ECOWAS-AES Partnership Is Possible, Says John Dramani  Africa is living a great moment in its history, a moment where the decisions each country on the continent makes will have positive or negative consequences in a short period.  Africa gets a chance to take advantage of the distraction of Western countries that are waging a trade war against China and Russia.  At a time when gold is the basis of the economy of the majority of countries in the world, it is selling (1 ounce/1300 usd) which has made the countries that are part of the AES very important and important in the global economy.   The Ghanaian president revealed that he had made restoring diplomatic ties with the AES a top priority upon his return to power, appointing a special envoy and carrying out personal missions to the countries concerned. "Ghana is ready to serve as a bridge to mend the fabric of West African unity."   He announced that Ghana would offer 1,000 higher education scholarsh...
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