By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on RFI
Burkina Faso’s 71 MPs unanimously adopted a new criminal code restoring the death penalty for certain crimes, notably those linked to terrorism, espionage and treason. The text also provides for harsher sentences for several offences, RFI reports on the 20 October vote.
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Burkinabe minister delegate Stella Eldine Kabré opened the ninth edition of the National Integration Forum in Gaoua on 19 October, devoted to African integration and social cohesion. The proceedings, scheduled to run until 22 October, examine in particular measures benefiting foreign communities living in Burkina Faso, Sidwaya reports.
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso · Source: Sidwaya ·
The People’s Legislative Assembly unanimously adopted a reform of community service in Ouagadougou on 14 October 2026, allowing certain prison sentences to be converted to community service during detention. More than 2,000 of the 3,000 people currently affected are prisoners, according to Minister Edasso Rodrigue Bayala, quoted by Burkina 24.
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso · Source: Burkina 24 ·
The Burkinabè prosecutor has sought life imprisonment for Sayouba Sankara and Boukary Kaboré, accused of murdering Daouda Traoré on 26 March 2025 in Bobo-Dioulasso. The two men admitted the charges at the 12 October 2026 hearing, after several postponements of the trial, Netafrique reports.
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso · Source: Netafrique ·
Issue 1299 of Expresso das Ilhas covers several topics, including delays in Cape Verde’s justice system and prospects for aquaculture. It is an edition overview, with no distinct new event to report.
🇨🇻 Cape Verde · Source: Expresso das Ilhas ·
Burkina Faso customs seize nearly CFA 10 billion in illicit goodsBurkina Faso Customs seized nearly CFA 10 billion worth of prohibited goods during Operation Maya, conducted from 10 July to 15 October 2026 under the direction of its Director General, Yves Kafando. The seizures included more than 4.2 million tapentadol tablets valued at over CFA 8 billion and counterfeit medicines estimated at CFA 1.1 billion, according to Burkina Faso Customs.
Fighting between Islamic State and Al-Qaeda intensifies in the SahelThe confrontation between Islamic State and Al-Qaeda in the Sahel intensified with the fighting on 9 October, which could be the deadliest episode in their territorial and ideological conflict. The two groups have been fighting since 2019 in a border area of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, reports Le Monde.The week in Africa
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