TheNewsGuru

Tag: Burkina Faso

  • Burkina Faso, Cameroon record 5 new cases of COVID-19

    Burkina Faso, Cameroon record 5 new cases of COVID-19

    —

    by

    Bayo Millz
    in

    Burkina Faso and Cameroon have recorded five new cases of COVID-19, Health Ministry said on Tuesday. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in Burkina Faso to 20, the Minister of Health, Claudine Lougue, said in a statement on Tuesday. “Ministry of Health received, on Monday, new results from the laboratory examinations of suspected…

  • Doha 2019: Athlete receives ram gift for winning medal

    Doha 2019: Athlete receives ram gift for winning medal

    —

    by

    Bayo Millz
    in

    Burkina Faso’s triple jumper, Fabrice Zango, was rewarded with a ram for being the first athlete from his country to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships. The athlete, who posted a picture of the ram’s presentation on his Facebook page, claimed bronze at the athletics event. Zango said the ram was given to…

  • Buhari arrives Burkina Faso for ECOWAS Summit on Counter-Terrorism

    —

    by

    Olaotan Falade
    in ,

    President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, to attend the ECOWAS Extraordinary Summit on Counter Terrorism. A statement from the Media office of the State House, Abuja, said the President was received on arrival at the Ouagadougou International Airport by President Roch Kabore of Burkina Faso, on Saturday. ”Also at…

  • Buhari departs Abuja for ECOWAS summit in Burkina Faso Saturday

    Buhari departs Abuja for ECOWAS summit in Burkina Faso Saturday

    —

    by

    Olaotan Falade
    in , ,

    President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Saturday to attend the one-day ECOWAS Heads of State and Government Extraordinary Summit on Counter-Terrorism, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Given the growing threat of terrorism in the sub-region, the West African leaders had called for the Summit to review different initiatives taken so far, and redefine the priority intervention…

  • New report: Radio message saves girl’s life

    —

    by

    Ediri Oyibo
    in ,

    The chief executive officer of Development Media International (DMI), Roy Head, in a new report, has revealed how a radio message saved a girl’s life in Burkina Faso. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Roy said DMI recently conducted a randomized controlled trial in Burkina Faso, which represents the first scientific trial to show mass media can change…

  • Assailants kill 7, wound 50 in Burkina Faso attack

    —

    by

    Olaotan Falade
    in ,

    Assailants killed five people and wounded around 50 others during an attack on Burkina Faso’s military headquarters in the capital Ouagadougou on Friday, said government spokesman Remi Dandjinou. Speaking on state television, he said that two paramilitary gendarmes were also killed defending the French embassy, which also came under attack. Authorities said armed assailants attacked…