Gold miners back from Guinea: minister bans filming recipients of donations
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Lefaso.net
Burkina Faso’s Minister for the Family and Solidarity, Pélagie Kaboré, has reiterated the ban on filming or sharing images of vulnerable people receiving donations. In a statement dated 10 November 2026, she cites the decree of 2 November regulating humanitarian interventions, after distributions staged for social media for gold miners returned from Guinea, according to Lefaso.net.
Burkina Faso’s Minister for the Family and Solidarity, Lieutenant-Colonel Passowendé Pélagie Kaboré, reiterated in a statement published on 10 November 2026 the ban on filming, photographing or sharing images of vulnerable people in humiliating situations. She was referring to the distributions of donations to Burkinabè gold miners forced to leave Guinea.
The minister welcomed the mobilisation of the public, associations and economic actors. She noted, however, that some food distributions are accompanied by photos, videos and staging intended for social media, which can undermine the dignity and privacy of the recipients.
She cites the decree of 2 November 2026 on humanitarian interventions in Burkina Faso, which prohibits displaying images of vulnerable people alongside donations. Public appeals for solidarity and fundraising remain subject to the ministry’s prior authorisation, as recalled in her statement of 7 July 2026. Offenders face sanctions.
She urges donors to use the national platform DƐMƐ SIRA (solidarite.gov.bf). "Helping a person in difficulty also means preserving their dignity and protecting their privacy," she said.
On 7 November, she had put the number of affected nationals at 50,000.
