National situation and election for the presidency of the Burkinabe Football Federation make headlines in Burkinabe dailies

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Today's publications largely comment on the election of the president of the Burkinabe and football federation without forgetting the national situation."Reconquest of the national territory: emissaries of the President of Faso exchange with the population", displays the front page of the public newspaper Sidwaya.The state daily reports that a government team headed by the Minister of State, the Minister of National Defense and Veterans, Brigadier General, Kassoum Coulibaly met on Friday, August 20, 2024 in Sindou, in the Cascades region with the different social classes and the vital forces of the province of Léraba.In the same dynamic, the public newspaper adds that government teams have exchanged with the Defense and Security Forces (FDS) and the volunteers for the defense of the homeland (VDP) of the province of Tuy in the Hauts-Bassins and the active forces of the Sahel on the reconquest of the national territory.He continued that these direct contacts between the authorities and the populations were opportunities to call for unity and solidarity in the fight against the terrorist hydra and to gather their concerns.By the way, the newspaper reveals that the Prime Minister, Dr Apollinaire Jocahimson Kyélem of Tambela is asking artists to accompany the people in the fight for security and sovereignty.The dean of Burkina Faso's private dailies, L'Observateur Paalga, also maintains that "IB's messengers are preaching in Koudougou", in the Centre-West region, while mentioning the Royal Council in Boussouma in the Centre-North, for a patriotic surge.Still on the national situation, the private newspaper Le Pays specifies that "the government is inviting the people of the Centre-West to a change of mentality".On another page, the same newspaper published on its first day: 'Presidency of the FBF: Colonel-Major Oumarou Sawadogo acclaimed'.The colleague emphasizes that the sole candidate, after the spectacular rallying of Ali Guissou on the eve of the election, the retired colonel-major, Oumarou Sawa dogo has been since Saturday August 31, 2024, the new president of the Burkinabe football umbrella organization.The private daily Le Pays reports that the president, Lazare Banssé (2020-2024) is giving up his place to Colonel-Major Oumarou Sawadogo.For the private newspaper L'Observateur Paalga, retired military man Oumarou Sawadogo has passed with flying colors.And the state daily Sidwaya reports that Oumarou Sawadogo becomes the 16th president of the Burkina football umbrella organization, during the ordinary general assembly of August 31.Source: Burkina Information Agency