By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Lefaso
Mikaïlou Sidibé’s 2026 performance contract underwent a mid-term evaluation on Saturday 25 July 2026. The Ministry of National Construction recorded a physical implementation rate of 46% in the first half of the year, including the completion of urban roads in Ouagadougou and the opening of a bridge to traffic.
Burkina Faso commemorated the 39th anniversary of the assassination of Thomas Sankara and 12 companions in Ouagadougou on 15 October 2026. Prime Minister Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo read a message from President Ibrahim Traoré, calling for unity and denouncing internal divisions, according to Ouestaf.
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso · Source: Ouestaf ·
The AES foreign ministers have included the free movement of people and goods among the interests to defend in talks with ECOWAS. Meeting on 16 October in Ouagadougou, they also set common priorities ahead of consultations scheduled for 17 and 18 October in Dakar, according to Burkina Faso’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso · Source: Mali Actu ·
The 12th session of the Cameroon Business Forum opened on 22 October 2026 in Douala, under the chairmanship of Cameroonian Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute. The five planned workshops are set to address, among other issues, facilitating intra-African trade and financing industrialisation, according to Alwihda Info.
🇨🇲 Cameroon · Source: Alwihda Info ·
Senegalese Prime Minister Ahmadou Al Hamidou Lo announced urgent measures to organise the 2026-2027 groundnut campaign. They are intended in particular to regulate price-setting, finalise agreements between stakeholders and enable the launch of collection-related mechanisms, according to the Senegalese Press Agency.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Source: APS ·
Burkina Faso launches 2,800bn CFA franc electricity programmeThe Burkinabè government has approved the creation of Faso Wa-Fulu, an electricity access programme estimated to cost more than 2,800 billion CFA francs over ten years. Led by the ministry responsible for energy, the initiative plans to accelerate electrification until 2030, followed by five years of consolidation, according to Beninwebtv.
Obasanjo accuses Tinubu of worsening poverty in NigeriaFormer Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo accuses Bola Tinubu’s reforms of causing the naira to lose 300% of its value, falling from 500 to 1,500 nairas per dollar. He says this devaluation has sharply worsened poverty in Nigeria, according to remarks at the Financial Times Africa summit in London.The week in Africa
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