AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoYouth Football: Ouagadougou hosts the WAFU Zone B U-17 tournament from October 10–23, with Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria and four other nations competing for places at next year’s Africa U-17 Cup of Nations. Ghana’s Black Starlets arrived after a 20-hour, roughly 960-kilometre bus journey, prompting safety concerns from former sports official Seth Panwum. Gold Industry: Burkina Faso has launched its first national gold refinery, with capacity of 164 tonnes a year, as it seeks to process more of its mineral wealth at home. Digital Policy: The government’s digital expansion is drawing criticism from reports that say security and schooling are being sidelined. Security: A new peace report highlights Burkina Faso’s deteriorating stability, recording a 71.3% decline in its internal peace score between 2009 and 2024 amid insurgency and political upheaval.
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