Ouagadougou: The daily newspapers of this Monday echo the Arbor Day launched this Saturday in Bobo-Dioulasso by the Prime Minister and the Hajj 2024.

Prime Minister Kyelem Jaochimson of Tambèla launched the 6th edition of National Tree Day on Saturday in Bobo-Dioulasso.

The state daily, Sidwaya, writes on its front page ‘National Tree Day: More than 6 million plants to be planted’.

According to the newspaper, this day marks the launch of the 2024 national reforestation campaign during which six million plants will be planted over a total area of ??120 hectares.

The colleague specifies that on the occasion of the launch 6000 plants were planted over an area of ??five hectares.

The dean of private daily newspapers, L’Observateur Paalga, on the same subject, headlines his column “National Tree Day: Healing the collateral damage of the fight against terrorism.”

In the opinion of the newspaper, the Prime Minister noted the multiple benefits of the tree, while noting that the destruction of the forest has inc
reased in several localities due to the war against terrorists.

‘6th edition of Arbor Day: the start given to Bobo,’ mentions the private newspaper, Le Pays, on its front page. For everyday life, the theme of this edition focused on ‘Tree: Capital of resilience for endogenous development’. And on this occasion, the Hauts-Bassin authorities indicated their availability to support the reforestation action.

As for the private daily, L’express du Faso, it says ‘National Tree Day 2024: the Prime Minister invites citizens to plant, but to maintain.

According to the Bobolais daily, the PM indicated that the government wants to green the country. This is why he called on the population to support the initiative by maintaining the plants planted.

In another register, the 2024 hajj.

The Paalga Observer, for its part, writes ‘Hajj 2024: 6 deaths in the ranks of Burkinabè pilgrims’. According to the colleague, the national committee for monitoring the pilgrimage to Mecca announced the death of 6 Burkinabè pilgrims,
all due to illness.

According to the newspaper Le Pays, it was on June 2024 that the national committee for monitoring the pilgrimage to Mecca announced these deaths.

The committee also praised the Saudi authorities for the assistance of pilgrims in these difficult times, the media maintains.

The private daily, L’express du Faso, specified that the bodies of deceased pilgrims were buried on Saudi soil with the agreement of local authorities.

Source: Burkina Information Agency