This Tuesday’s publications echo the commemoration of the national press freedom day and the final adjustments of the SIAO biennial .
“Organisation of SIAO 2024: The national committee is more than 90% ready”, is the headline of the public newspaper Sidwaya.
According to the state daily, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Crafts, Serge Poda, visited the site of the Ouagadougou International Crafts Fair (SIAO) on Monday, October 21, 2024.
The newspaper reports that according to the minister, this visit aims to detect the residual difficulties of the organization in order to provide answers. In the opinion of the minister, there are only a few adjustments to be made in order to welcome exhibitors and professional buyers.
Between 350,000 and 40,000 people are expected throughout the week dedicated to crafts, the colleague added.
For its part, the private newspaper Le Pays reports that one of the challenges in organizing such a major international event is security.
The colleague, informs that the 17th w
ill be held under the theme: African crafts: youth entrepreneurship and empowerment.
In another section, the newspapers return to the commemoration of the national day of freedom of the press.
In this regard, the oldest private dailies, L’Observateur Paalga, writes on its front page, “Let’s not break the rampart” of Norbert, which is still relevant today.
According to the daily, during this celebration, panelists dissected yesterday Monday October 21, 2024, the theme: “Let’s not break the rampart: Alert on the killing of journalism” at the Norbert Zongo National Press Center
For Sidwaya, one of the speakers, Pr Mahamadé Savadogo, underlines that the press serves as an intermediary between the base (the people) and the summit (the power) and contributes to the formation of the opinion of the citizen
Source: Burkina Information Agency