Fasting and swearing-in of the new president of Senegal on the cover of Burkina Faso dailies

Ouagadougou: The daily newspapers this Wednesday report on the swearing-in of the new Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye in Dakar, without forgetting the 2024 fast.'Porridge, pancakes, dates, fodder… during fasting: At the heart of these small Ramadan businesses', displays the dean of private dailies, Observateur Paalga, on its headline.According to the private journal, Lent is a time of piety, penance and contemplation. He also specifies that Ramadan is a period of flowering for small businesses.The colleagues maintains that many women and young girls settle around the streets with food products such as pancakes, porridge, flour balls, juices, dates and many other items such as boubous and objects of piety.The state daily Sidwaya, for its part, highlights Zakat al fitr, a small action that has a big impact during Ramadan.For the Imam, Dr Inoussa Compaoré of the Association of Muslim Pupils and Students of Burkina (AEEMB), it is possible to collect zakat on the types of food consumed in any locality.Under another chapter, the same public newspaper headlines its front page: 'Senegalese presidential election: Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye has taken the oath'.The newspaper reports that during the inauguration ceremony, Domaye Faye committed to eradicating corruption, reducing the cost of living but also for more democracy and justice.According to him, the new President Faye intends to establish a win-win economic partnership with foreign companies while reassuring the maintenance of his rank on the international scene while respecting sovereignty.In the same dynamic, the private daily Observateur Paalga through its section 'Looking at current affairs', indicates that Bassirou Diomaye Faye is at the foot of the Senegalese wall.As for the private newspaper Le Pays, returns in its 'Internal Dialogue' section to the political alternation in Senegal by questioning Macky Sall and the post-power period.Source: Burkina Information Agency

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