Sidwaya Hebdo

Ouagadougou, Kadiogo, Burkina FasoFrench

Sidwaya Hebdo is a prominent weekly newspaper published in Ouagadougou by the state-owned Editions Sidwaya. As a supplement to the national daily, it provides in-depth reporting, political analysis, and cultural coverage in French, serving as a key source of official information for citizens of Burkina Faso.

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MEDIA LANDSCAPE IN OUAGADOUGOU

The francophone newspaper market in Burkina Faso's capital is defined by a longstanding structural split between state-supported press and independent journalism. The privately owned Le Pays was founded in 1991 and remains one of the primary non-governmental publications, while Sidwaya Hebdo operates as the weekly edition of the state-owned national newspaper. The private sector also features several weekly political and informational publications, including the French-language titles L'Opinion and L Hebdo Madaire du Burkina. Paperboy lists 4 newspapers in Ouagadougou.