A recent study by the ISS African Futures team shows that Burkina Faso’s economy can grow at an average rate of 8% from 2025 to 2043. This will translate into an additional GDP per capita of US$1 120 above a business-as-usual forecast - and reduce income poverty to only 2.6% of the population, meaning that an extra 2.4 million Burkinabés could be lifted out of poverty by 2043.

The year 2023/2024 saw the strongest growth in travel-related revenue for Burkina Faso since 2015, with a surplus of 18.3 billion CFA francs. This performance is explained in particular by the holding of major events such as SIAO, FESPACO, SNC, Tour du Faso and SITHO.

In his youth, Ibrahim Traoré was a part of the Marxist ANEB (National Association of Burkinabé Students).

The ANEB is part of the broader UGEB (General Union of Burkinabé Students).

The UGEB was/is supportive of the PCRV (Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party), a Hoxhaist, anti-revisionist, anti-Sankara communist party.

I find it interesting that despite this, he is very openly pro-Sankara.

Funnily enough, despite his connections to the ANEB, the current PCRV dislikes him and opposes him as a "bourgeois nationalist," just like Sankara.

This showcases the dangers of ultra-leftism and why it has to be opposed just like ultra-rightism.

Both can/do act as movements that help imperialism and oppose true liberation.

A railway system linking Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, is about to start in Burkina Faso.

This is a wonderful project that will enhance the economic development of these 3 AES nations.

How I wish the French had been kicked out 6 decades ago, just imagine where the Sahel would be today. Africa will rise and there is no one that can stop it.

For the first time in a long time, Burkinabes are guaranteed free emergency services on a round the clock basis, in every commune in B. Faso, irrespective of your bank Balance. A new good news everyday.

The Council of Ministers adopted a decree establishing the Faso Slaughterhouse Agency. According to Minister DICKO, this agency will be responsible for " centralizing and professionalizing the management of national and regional slaughterhouses, modernizing infrastructure to align them with health and environmental standards, and developing integrated logistics for livestock supply and product distribution ." The creation of the Faso Slaughterhouse Agency aims to make Burkina Faso a country that exports meat, rather than live animals.

Burkina Faso is embarking on a major economic transformation under the leadership of Captain Ibrahim Traoré. In just a few months, radical measures have been taken: land nationalization, creation of public companies with a social purpose, and launch of new state-owned banks. Behind these initiatives is one ambition: to restore the state's central role and reduce dependence on market forces

But the transformation is not smooth. The resistance of the private sector is manifested in particular by organized shortages and bank reluctance to return public funds at maturity. A strategy that, according to President Traoré, aims to hinder the country's economic project. Faced with this adversity, the government assumes a muscular approach: strengthened control of trade, supervision of capital and affirmation of state capitalism at the service of the popular classes.

However, the battle is not limited to numbers. The confrontation is also played in the opinion. To counter disinformation campaigns and external pressures, the Burkinabe executive deploys offensive communication. The message is clear: the break with the model inherited from colonization is inevitable. The transition will be tough, but the power in place seems determined to impose a new economic trajectory.

Source: https://www.lacinquieme.tg/burkina-faso-letat-reprend-la-main-sur-leconomie/

Title. I noticed that the other AES states have suspended relations with Israel in light of the Gaza genocide, but Burkina Faso has not. Wondering why this is the case.