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West Africa: Sahel – the World Bank Group Launches a New Country Partnership Framework for Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, and Niger to Promote Jobs, Growth, and Resilience

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Washington — The World Bank Group has supported new Country Partnership Frameworks (CPF) with Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, and Niger for the 2026-2031 period. These frameworks aim to stimulate job creation, especially for youth and women, by strengthening human capital, infrastructure, and agricultural productivity, while supporting targeted reforms and private sector development. Grounded in the…

Africa: Côte d’Ivoire, Mali and Burkina Faso – a Shared History Collides With Political Fractures

eriinfo.com3 months ago019 mins

For many decades, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Mali constituted one of the most integrated spaces of human and economic circulation in West Africa. Beyond simple geographical neighbours, these three former French colonies are linked by intense commercial exchange, ancient cross-border mobilities, and social and family ties. This interdependence is reflected in Ivorian demography. According…

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Africa: Rakotondrabe Hails Madagascar Fighting Spirit, Balbone Proud Despite Burkina Faso Exit

eriinfo.com8 months ago06 mins

Madagascar have built a reputation as one of African football’s rising forces, and their latest achievement in Zanzibar only strengthens that status. With a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Burkina Faso at the Amaan Stadium on Saturday night, the Barea booked their place in the quarter-finals of the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2024 — their…

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Africa: Burkina Faso – Four Journalists Released From Forced Enlistment Into the Army

eriinfo.com9 months ago02 mins

On 17 July Boukari Ouba, Vice President of the ABJ, and Luc Pagbelguem, a journalist with the independent TV station BF1, were also released. All four journalists have now been reunited with their families. The IFJ and the FAJ had been campaigning for the release of these journalists since their abduction. IFJ General Secretary Anthony…

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Africa: Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, 50 Others to Attend African Chiefs of Defence Summit

eriinfo.com10 months ago05 mins

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Republic are among 54 African countries that will be hosted in Nigeria for the maiden African Chiefs of Defence Staff Summit in August. This is despite the strained political relationship between Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Republic with the West African regional bloc ECOWAS in recent times. The summit, which…