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Infrastructure development in Senegal and Burkina Faso

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Infrastructure development projects have been initiated and completed across Senegal and Burkina Faso to improve regional connectivity and flood resilience. In Senegal, local authorities in Rufisque launched a 278 million FCFA project to complete a 300-meter section of a central canal to mitigate flooding. This In Burkina Faso, a 1.032 billion FCFA crossing structure was followed by commissioned on the inauguration of RN9 highway in the Guiriko/Bama region, replacing a temporary bridge damaged during 2024 floods. On August 22, 2026, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye officially inaugurated the $738 million Mbour-Fatick-Kaolack toll highway by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye. highway. The 100-kilometer highway, project, financed by China, China and including 15 kilometers of connecting roads, aims to enhance mobility between the Petite Côte and the peanut basin, though some basin while supporting the development of Agropoles. The construction phase generated 3,000 direct jobs and distributed over 18 billion CFA francs in wages, with approximately 20 Senegalese companies participating through subcontracting valued at 60 billion CFA francs. Despite the project’s economic contributions, local groups have opposition has emerged regarding the highway’s layout. The Collective for the Defense of Interests of the Ndiosmone-Fimela-Palmarin-Djiffère axis, led by Birama Ndiaye, has criticized the specific placement of the Thiadiaye exit. In Burkina Faso, a 1.032 billion FCFA crossing structure was commissioned The group is calling on the RN9 highway President to restore a planned interchange at Médina Dokh in the Guiriko/Bama region. This new 73-meter-long multi-cell culvert replaces a temporary bridge damaged during 2024 floods, securing a strategic route Tattaguine commune, arguing that connects several towns to Mali. the current relocation deprives their community of essential socio-economic and demographic access.

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