AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoGold Mining: Burkina Faso-focused West African Resources reported record production from its Sanbrado and Kiaka mines, led by Kiaka, and maintained its annual output guidance despite explosives-supply constraints. Youth Football: Ghana’s Black Starlets face Benin in Ouagadougou today, with a semi-final place on the line; Ghana beat Togo 1-0, while hosts Burkina Faso drew 0-0 with Benin. Food and Water: Burkina Faso has halted exports of millet, maize and sorghum flour and opened applications for 750 subsidized boreholes to support dry-season farming. Rights and Security: The junta expelled the UN’s top official after rejecting a report on abuses against children; meanwhile, Burkinabè officers are among 12 countries’ trainees in Nigeria on tracing illicit weapons. Regional Crisis: Nearly four million people are displaced across Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, close to double the 2020 figure. State Affairs: President Ibrahim Traoré is due in Moscow for the Russia–Africa summit on October 28–29; proceeds of his two books have also sent CFA 125 million to Burkina Faso’s patriotic fund.
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