Day: August 11, 2024

Ouagadougou: The High Commissioner of the Léraba province, Mahamadi Congo, gave, on Wednesday August 7, 2024 in Sindou, the starting point of the activities of the 10th edition of the environmental holiday camp organized by the provincial management in charge of the Environment for the benefit of young people.

Let’s go for environmental education for the young people in Léraba.

The provincial department in charge of the Environment of Léraba has organized environmental holiday camps every year since 2015, with the aim of raising awareness among young people of the realities of environmental problems and providing solid foundations for safeguarding and/or restore the environment.

This year, the starting point for the activities of the 10th edition of the Environment Holiday Camp was given on Wednesday August 7, 2024 in Sindou.

The high commissioner of the province of Léraba, Mahamadi Congo, came to encourage the learners and give advice for the learning which will last a month.

Campers will be equipped, a
mong other things, with the notion of non-timber forest products (NTFP), their transformation into soumbala, shea butter, teedo juice, soap, the establishment and management of a nutritious garden and the management of waste in their immediate environment as well as study and tourist outings.

The provincial director in charge of the Environment of Léraba, Harouna Sandwidi, also promoter of the activity, said he was happy to see more than 200 students usefully occupied during the holidays.

Source : Burkina Information Agency

Ouagadougou: The British government plans to adapt school curricula to better arm children against misinformation and ‘nauseating conspiracy theories’ circulating online following recent far-right riots, according to an interview published on Sunday.

The authorities are very angry at the role of social networks in the week of racist and Islamophobic violence which followed the knife attack which cost the lives of three little girls in Southport (north-west of England) on July 29.

‘It is more important than ever to give young people the skills to think critically about what they see online,’ Education Minister Bridget Phillipson told the Sunday Telegraph.

‘Our curriculum reform will include the acquisition of critical skills to arm our children against the misinformation, fake news and nauseating conspiracy theories that abound on social media,’ she added.

This objective will be part of a vast review of primary and secondary programs launched by the new Labor government, the conclusions of which are expect
ed next year.

According to the Sunday Telegraph, the government’s idea is not to create specific courses on disinformation but to include this subject in several subjects.

English classes can be devoted to analyzing newspaper articles to disentangle real information from fake news, computer science classes can help identify “fake news” sites or retouched images, while those in Mathematics can emphasize the interpretation of statistics.

The riots erupted amid partly debunked online rumors describing the suspect in the Southport attack as a Muslim asylum seeker. He is in fact a 17-year-old teenager born in Cardiff whose parents, according to media reports, are from Rwanda.

The government has increased warnings to Internet users and digital platforms regarding their legal responsibilities.

The first convictions were handed down on Friday, with prison sentences against authors of online messages encouraging violence.

These affairs were strongly denounced by the boss of X, Elon Musk, who reinstated accounts
banned since he bought the network which was still called X last year.

The billionaire himself has been accused of adding fuel to the fire by spreading anti-immigration articles from conspiratorial circles, including a false article in the Telegraph which claimed that the government wanted to send the thugs to camps in the Falklands, in the South Atlantic.

Source : Burkina Information Agency

Ouagadougou: Faced with speculators who create shortages to sell the liter between 3,000 and 4,000 FCFA instead of 867 FCFA served at the pump, the high commissioner of the province of Séno, Wulfran Émile Bamas, taken on Thursday August 8, 2024 in Dori, an order setting the maximum amounts of fuel to be used at the pump. These are 2000 FCFA for motorcycles, 3000 FCFA for tricycles and 10,000 FCFA for four-wheeled vehicles.

Given the insecurity, the city is supplied with petroleum products by secure convoys. These supplies are carried out at fairly regular time intervals, ranging from two weeks to a month maximum. During these times, malicious citizens create artificial fuel shortages and drive up prices.

Their stratagem consists of purchasing as much fuel as possible when supplies arrive and building up private stocks. Thus, in one or two days of service, the station tanks are dried out. Then begins the irregular sale of the precious liquid. A liter of gasoline, which costs 867 FCFA at the pump, is sold at
a price ranging between 3000 FCFA and 4000 FCFA on the ‘black market’. It is because of this speculation on fuel prices, which impacts certain activities such as the operation of public services and the transport of people and goods, that the first manager of the Séno province issued this decree, capping the Maximum amounts of fuel to be used at the pump at 2000 FCFA for motorcycles, 3000 FCFA for tricycles and 10,000 FCFA for four-wheeled vehicles.

The least we can say is that this administrative provision, well appreciated by the population, is producing the expected effects, since service stations no longer experience the traffic jams of yesteryear.

Source : Burkina Information Agency

Ouagadougou: The direct competitions for the Civil Service, session 2024, began in the center of Dori, yesterday Saturday August 10, 2024 with 7,268 candidates in the running.

According to the regional director of the Sahel Civil Service, Nouhou Nombré, a total of 7,268 candidates are in the running in the region.

Listening to Mr. Nombré, out of the 92 direct competitions launched nationally for this session, 86 actually registered applications and 6 did not receive applicants in the Burkinabè Sahel.

Mr. Nombré added that this session began without major difficulty with 8 competitions, namely: advisers in economics, development, land planning, assistants in judicial interpretation, technical surveyors, library agents, and drivers.

Two juries were formed for this purpose, with around twenty supervisors.

A regional direct competition management unit is responsible for the practical organization of these competitions.

Source : Burkina Information Agency

Ouagadougou: Operation FLASH carried out by the 19th Rapid Intervention Battalion, from August 6 to 10, 2024 in the Manni area made it possible to neutralize 86 terrorists, capture 2 others and seize equipment in the hands of terrorists.

The captain nicknamed ‘Thor’, the Norse god of fire and thunder, commander of the 19th Rapid Intervention Battalion and his fighters successfully conducted Operation ECLAIR from August 6 to 10 in the Manni area.

During this operation, the combat forces neutralized 86 terrorists, including terrorist fighters, lookouts and supply elements. Two terrorists were also captured and important materials recovered.

From security sources we note on the friendly side, 4 injured including 2 evacuated. The source specifies that all are in a very stable condition. The two other injured people were treated on site.

Source : Burkina Information Agency

Ouagadougou: The Association of Women of Heroes of the Nation (AFEMH-N) entertained, on Saturday, the children of the Defense and Security Forces (FDS) who fell on the battlefield, through recreational activities for their development in society.

Various cultural activities were organized on Sunday, August 11, 2024 for the benefit of the wards of the Nation, in the premises of the Palais de la Jeunesse et de la Culture Jean-Pierre Guingané in Ouagadougou, by the Association of Women of Heroes of the Nation (AFEMH-N), with a view to enabling them to better flourish in society.

These include, among other things, a fashion show, artistic performances, poetry recitals, playbacks, and a film screening for the future Men of Tomorrow.

‘These are our children. Who knows their needs better than us? We don’t have enough time to do our work and take care of our children,’ said the president of AFEMH-N, Balguissa Sigué.

Ms. Sigué explains that she organized this recreational day during the holidays for the benefit of
fallen FDS children, in order to allow them to smile again thanks to cultural services.

‘These children continue to work well at school, despite the absence of their parents,’ said the president of the association.

Ms. Sigué also explained that it is a way for her structure to express its satisfaction and to encourage these children to approach the 2024-2025 school year with serenity.

She also invited the population and technical and financial partners to always think about the development of these orphaned children in Burkina Faso.

Balguissa Sigué also called for other activities to be carried out, such as outings and summer camps, to bring moral comfort to these children.

The spokesperson for the fallen FDS children, Wendlasida Juba Slacy Louré, a CM1 student, thanked the association for this initiative in their favor.

‘We are very happy to have you among us for this recreational day,’ declared young Louré, aged 9.

The ceremony was sponsored by Cheikh Omar Zongo, a person working in the informal sect
or in Burkina Faso.

The AFEMH-N was created to strengthen solidarity between deceased FDS widows. She wants to bring some comfort to their children. The association is made up of 200 women.

Source : Burkina Information Agency