Burkina Faso Is Reconfiguring Its Territory and Creating New Regions

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In Burkina Faso, the government is in the process of redistribution the territory. Four new regions and two new provinces have just been created. A redistribution that meets a security imperative according to the Minister of Territorial Administration. The current context marked by the security crisis has highlighted the limits of the old division, characterized by political and economic considerations, regrets the Minister. The country now has …

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Burkina Faso has officially redecorated its territory in a new form. The Transitional Government has announced the creation of four new regions and two new provinces, bringing the total to 47 provinces, as opposed to 45 previously. This reform, presented as a security imperative, aims to strengthen the state's presence in territories that are often left to themselves, especially in the areas most at risk of terrorist attacks. A division dictated…