{"id":1140,"date":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","slug":"faso--mebo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/?p=1140","title":{"rendered":"Faso  Mebo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 102, 136);\">Faso&nbsp; Mebo<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2025-pics\/faso-mebo.jpg\" width=\"122\" height=\"87\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2025-pics\/Kosyam-wtr-globe.jpg\" width=\"222\" height=\"178\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">In the heart of W-Africa, a quiet revolution is unfolding, not covered by slogans but with pavers and asphalt. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Welcome to Burkina Faso, where <a href=\"https:\/\/towardfreedom.org\/story\/archives\/africa-archives\/pan-africanism-in-the-sahel-region\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">Ibrahim Traore<\/span><\/a> is redefining what leadership looks like in a post-colonial Africa. His latest initiative, Faso Mebo (&quot;Building Faso&quot;), has turned the once-neglected capital city of Ouagadougou into a symbol of resilience, dignity, and action.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"280\" height=\"155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/85w5RZXYU9U?si=gyoqKhWLhoWGWiuW\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Forever, residents lived amid crumbling infrastructure. Every rainy season meant flooded streets, trash-clogged drains, and impassable roads leading to schools, markets, and hospitals. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Women in labor were often forced to walk kilometers, while the sick and elderly suffered in silence. But now, *Captain Ibrahim Traore* has done what many thought impossible.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">Countless Citizens Cleaned the Country in 7 Days!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"280\" height=\"155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gb2gXLier7Y?si=3yxYm0tIJo7cayjl\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">A forgotten nation awakens&mdash;not with banners or blood, but with brooms. The streets of Burkina Faso become a stage for dignity through action.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Ibrahim Traor&eacute; leads not with speeches, but with sweat, working shoulder-2-shoulder with citizens in alleys and clinics.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Across 7 days, the nation transforms. From graffiti-scarred schools to abandoned hospitals, a health revolution begins.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2025-pics\/glass-recycling.jpg\" width=\"277\" height=\"117\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=brsaoASWcms&amp;ab_channel=AfricVibeNews\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">Glass recycling<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"> using Japanese technology<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Pastors, imams, mothers, and youth clean side by side. The &ldquo;broom revolution&rdquo; becomes a ceremony of identity.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Result: Cholera cases drop. Clinics shine. But more than health, pride is reborn, and with it, hope becomes habit.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">As other nations take note, Burkina Faso inspires a continent! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"280\" height=\"155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HZ_VAl3m6Xg?si=Gkf_rb0YKrmzxq7-\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The 1st Saturday of each month is cleanup day.<br \/>\nNot law. Legacy.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Faso Mebo<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2025-pics\/roadbuilding-machines.jpg\" width=\"197\" height=\"93\" alt=\"\" \/>&nbsp; <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2025-pics\/roadbuilding-equipmnt.jpg\" width=\"197\" height=\"93\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">With over 900 construction machines and a national budget of more than US$400Mio, Faso Mebo has become more than a roadwork campaign: it is a movement. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Priority zones were upgraded with two-lane paved roads, 120x120cm concrete drainage systems, and street lighting.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2025-pics\/Shantui-machines.jpg\" width=\"196\" height=\"106\" alt=\"\" \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2025-pics\/laterite-rd.jpg\" width=\"196\" height=\"106\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Today, that same mother can get to the hospital in minutes. Children reach school safely, and traders move goods without fear of being stranded.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">But the miracle is not just in the concrete.<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P8bk4pThjtI&amp;ab_channel=History%26LegacyAfrica\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">It is in the people<\/span><\/a>. The initiative mobilized local communities and the VDP (volunteers for the Defense of the Fatherland) , not just as security, but as builders of a new Burkina Faso. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Every weekend, citizens clean streets, stop dumping wastewater, and take ownership of public space. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2025-pics\/pavers-making.jpg\" width=\"196\" height=\"129\" alt=\"\" \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2025-pics\/street-pavers.jpg\" width=\"196\" height=\"129\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Faso Mebo proves that Pan Africanism is not just about ideology, it is about building bricks of self-reliance.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">According to local data, every kilometer of new road increases access to healthcare by 25%. Over 3.8 million citizens are now indirectly benefiting. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2025-pics\/sidewalk-paving.jpg\" width=\"196\" height=\"111\" alt=\"\" \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2025-pics\/road-paving.jpg\" width=\"196\" height=\"111\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Local <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Laterite\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">Laterite<\/span><\/a> is used as roadbuilding material. It is a soil type rich in iron and aluminium. Nearly all laterites are of rusty-red coloration, because of high iron oxide content.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Laterite soil is defined as a highly weathered tropical or sub-tropical residual soil that contains varying proportions of particle sizes from clay to gravel, and is commonly used in the production of compressed earth bricks.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2025-pics\/people%20building%20roads.jpg\" width=\"196\" height=\"106\" alt=\"\" \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2025-pics\/asfalting-roads.jpg\" width=\"196\" height=\"106\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"280\" height=\"155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y-TbOUC_hjs?si=WsWfn2Bch5TUp3Rl\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Build building material factories:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"280\" height=\"155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j2Y6aNaWsnY?si=oQCZ4D5i75zuqS1u\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Burkina Faso recently inaugurated a new cement plant, Soci&eacute;t&eacute; Industrielle Sino Burkina de Ciments SA (CISINOB SA), in Laongo, Plateau-Central region. This Chinese-backed facility has a daily production capacity of 2,000 tons and is expected to create hundreds of jobs.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">CIMAF, a Moroccan cement producer, is also building a cement plant in Burkina Faso, with a focus on using locally sourced materials, specifically calcined clay, and solar power for energy. This plant is expected to produce 900 tons of cement daily and will be located in the industrial zone of Kossodo. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Economic Impact: Both plants are intended to reduce Burkina Faso&#8217;s reliance on imported cement, stimulate the local construction sector, and boost economic independence. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Build new Townships:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"280\" height=\"155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Lv-ItTZ_dc4?si=X7cuJB0eqpKYq87Y\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Espoir City<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"> is a revolutionary 100,000-unit housing project led by the local company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kastorafrica.com\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">Kastor Africa<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">This 100% locally financed project aims to house nearly 600,000 people, create thousands of jobs, and redefine what it means to &quot;live with dignity&quot; in West Africa.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"280\" height=\"155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xKSCMAMo8ss?si=ul3Zsls5tEAZCvMG\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"280\" height=\"155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j2Y6aNaWsnY?si=e4lRqRHnvRFxjo_c\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">In a historic and unprecedented move, Pres. Ibrahim Traor&eacute; has stunned the world by building an entirely new city of 50,000 homes, and giving them away to his people for free.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">With no aid from the IMF, no loans from the World Bank, and zero foreign interference, this bold project marks a powerful new direction for Africa: sovereignty, self-sufficiency, and people-first leadership:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2025-pics\/solar-city.jpg\" width=\"277\" height=\"165\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Traor&eacute; financed from new mining taxes, planned and executed the creation of &ldquo;<span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">Nouvelle Espoir<\/span>&rdquo;, a revolutionary city designed to house the displaced, the poor, and the forgotten.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Traor&eacute; is reshaping African development from the ground up. This city is being built by local masons, engineers, and youth contractors. Solar power, clean water, fiber internet, and civic dignity, entirely designed for Burkinab&egrave; citizens.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2025-pics\/solar-village.jpg\" width=\"277\" height=\"155\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">This project marks a new era&mdash;no more dependency, no more delay, no more debt. It is sending shockwaves across Africa.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2025-pics\/Greening-BF.jpg\" width=\"277\" height=\"170\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2025-pics\/Roads-from-BF-coast.jpg\" width=\"277\" height=\"180\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">Highways built and planned<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong><a href=\"?p=1142\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">read more &#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faso&nbsp; Mebo In the heart of W-Africa, a quiet revolution is unfolding, not covered by slogans but with pavers and asphalt. Welcome to Burkina Faso, where Ibrahim Traore is redefining what leadership looks like in a post-colonial Africa. His latest initiative, Faso Mebo (&quot;Building Faso&quot;), has turned the once-neglected capital city of Ouagadougou into a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1140\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}