Burkina Faso prime minister meets diaspora in Moscow
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Sidwaya
Burkina Faso’s Prime Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo met Burkinabè nationals in Moscow on 30 October after the Russia-Africa summit. Gaston Millogo, president of Russia’s High Council of Burkinabè, praised efforts to reclaim the country’s sovereignty and promote its development, Sidwaya reports.
Burkina Faso’s Prime Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo met Burkinabè living in Russia in Moscow on Friday 30 October, at the end of his participation in the 2026 Russia-Africa summit. He was accompanied by three members of his government and Burkina Faso’s ambassador, Sidwaya reports.
The president of the High Council of Burkinabè in Russia, Gaston Millogo, praised the community’s commitment to Burkina Faso’s development. He notably cited the installation of water-pumping systems in Tobinkora, in Kampti commune, in 2019, and then in Dorokui, in Béréba commune, in 2021.
The students asked for the renewal of passports, access to administrative documents and the payment of scholarship supplements to be facilitated. Bouraima Sangaré, the representative of Burkinabè businesspeople at the summit, presented the Russian-Burkinabè friendship club, which brings together at least 200 entrepreneurs from the two countries to develop economic cooperation.
The meeting concluded the prime minister’s stay in Moscow, after his participation in the Russia-Africa summit and President Ibrahim Traoré’s calls to turn the Russia-Africa partnership into reality.
