Abidjan Ouagadougou Niamey, Lomé Ouagadougou Niamey, Tema Ouagadougou Bamako, Cotonou Niamey, Tema Ouagadougou Niamey, Bamako Dakar Banjul Bissau, Abidjan Bamako and Abidjan Accra Lomé Cotonou Lagos corridors have been selected as part of the Regional Facilitation Programme.

Date and place of birth 31 October 1964, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

In particular, the Programme covers rehabilitation of the Bamako Ouagadougou Accra corridor and road transport and transit facilitation measures along the Bamako Ouagadougou Accra and Niamey Ouagadougou Accra corridors for the purpose of providing Burkina Faso, Mali and the Niger with access to the sea through the ports of Ghana.

Organisation of an international science camp for young girls at Ouagadougou 2002

Creation of a UNESCO Chair Women, Sciences and Development at the University of Ouagadougou December 2003

Creation of a UNESCO Chair Women, Sciences and Development at the University of Ouagadougou December 2003

Results Declaration and Plan of action of Ouagadougou, discussed at the World Conference on Science (Budapest, July 1999).

23 26 May 1991 International Humanitarian Law Seminar, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on the topic International humanitarian law and Africa

In Burkina Faso, Boukari Ouédraogo, an Ouagadougou blogger, is convinced of the added value of sports for his country's economy.

An ASYCUDA Regional Centre was established in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to provide support to the user countries of the subregion.

The workshops were organized from February 2005 by relevant subregional organizations in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), Douala (Cameroon) and Addis Ababa (Ethiopia).

The UNESCO Chair Women, sciences and development , created at the University of Ouagadougou (December 2003), covers Burkina Faso, Togo, Mali, Nigeria and Côte d'Ivoire.

The ASYCUDA regional support centre for western Africa in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) is staffed with both international and local experts who undertake multiple support missions in the region.

In that context, missions have been undertaken to Abuja, Addis Ababa, Bamako, Cairo, Dar es Salaam and Ouagadougou and the Institute is now ensuring appropriate follow up to those missions.

The AU also sent former South African president Thabo Mbeki and Burkina Faso s former minister for national security, Djibril Bassolé, who helped broker the Ouagadougou Agreement between then President Gbagbo and rebel leader Guillaume Soro a decade ago.

In January 2005, a national seminar had been held in Ouagadougou, with the assistance of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, on the incorporation of the provisions of counter terrorism instruments into the national legal framework.

Taking note also of the Declaration on Employment and Poverty Alleviation in Africa adopted at the extraordinary summit meeting of the African Union on employment and poverty alleviation in Africa, held in Ouagadougou from 3 to 9 September 2004,

Welcomes the decision taken by the Board of Governors of IDB at its 27th Meeting held in Ouagadougou in October 2002 to establish a special assistance programme for Africa in implementation of the New African Partnership Development Programe (NEPAD).

At the Fifteenth Meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies, Africa, held in Ouagadougou from 29 March to 1 April 2005, the Institute made useful contacts with various authorities for the development and implementation of bilateral and regional proposals.

It also expressed its appreciation to the Government of Burkina Faso, the OIC General Secretariat, IDB and ICDT for successfully organizing the Forum on Energizing Trade and Investment in the Cotton Sector of OIC Member States on 18 19 April, 2005 in Ouagadougou.

Expresses its appreciation to the Government of Burkina Faso, the OIC General Secretariat, the IDB and ICDT for successfully organising the Forum on Energizing Trade and Investment in the Cotton Sector of OIC Member States , in Ouagadougou, on 18 19 April 2005.

Burkina Faso had unhesitatingly agreed to organize a regional seminar on non proliferation for the members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Ouagadougou in February 2004 and had called on the participants to accept IAEA safeguards, as a confidence building measure.

Moreover, it would be useful to include in the ongoing process certain concerned entities such as the Ministry for the Promotion of Human Rights and the Institute for Diplomacy and International Affairs of Ouagadougou that could not officially be invited to the current session for various reasons.

Subregional workshops on the lessons learned and best practices within the context of the national reports on the implementation of the UNCCD for North and West Africa in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 9 11 February 2005 for Central Africa in Douala, Cameroon, 15 17 February 2005 for Eastern and Southern Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 21 23 February 2005.

Amélie Jacques, a famous French blogger who grew up in Paris and Rome, has lived in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and now resides in Soweto, South Africa. Following the tense situation with refugees in Calais, in a short essay on her blog Ubuntu she voiced her concerns about the French government's harsh policies limiting refugees' entrance into the country. She also contrasted how easy it is for her to travel with a French passport with how difficult it is for people from other countries