“You cant even own land in Greenland. You can get an allotment for your house & then own the house on top of the land. But Greenlanders don’t believe that the land is for 1 person, it’s for everyone. It’s a big miscalculation that he thinks Greenlanders would be incited by cash”
In two years, Ibrahim Traore, President of Burkina Faso
1. Burkina Faso's GDP grew from approximately $18.8 billion to $22.1 billion.
2. He has rejected loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. He said, "Africa doesn't need the World Bank, IMF, Europe, or America."
3. He reduced the salaries of ministers and parliamentarians by 30% and increased the salaries of civil servants by 50%.
4. He paid off Burkina Faso's local debts.
5. He established two tomato processing plants, the first-ever in Burkina Faso.
6. In 2023, he inaugurated a state-of-the-art gold mine to enhance local processing capabilities.
7. He stopped the export of unrefined Burkina Faso gold to Europe.
8. He built Burkina Faso’s second cotton processing plant. Previously, the country had only one.
9. He opened the first-ever National Support Center for Artisanal Cotton Processing to assist local cotton farmers.
10. He banned the wearing of British legal wigs and gowns in local courts and introduced traditional Burkinabé attire.
11. He prioritized agriculture by distributing over 400 tractors, 239 tillers, 710 motor pumps, and 714 motorcycles to boost production and support rural stakeholders.
12. He provided access to improved seeds and other farm inputs to maximize agricultural output.
13. Tomato production in Burkina Faso increased from 315,000 metric tonnes in 2022 to 360,000 metric tonnes in 2024.
14. Millet production rose from 907,000 metric tonnes in 2022 to 1.1 million metric tonnes in 2024.
15. Rice production increased from 280,000 metric tonnes in 2022 to 326,000 metric tonnes in 2024.
16. He banned French military operations in Burkina Faso.
17. He banned French media in Burkina Faso.
18. He expelled French troops from Burkina Faso.
19. His government is constructing new roads, widening existing ones, and upgrading gravel roads to paved surfaces.
20. He is building a new airport, the Ouagadougou-Donsin Airport, which is expected to be completed in 2025 with a capacity to handle 1 million passengers annually.
Senegal National Team Coach Pape Thiaw and the players have been BESTOWED with the rank of Commander of the National Order of the Lion of Senegal. This is Commendable and well deserved recognition for Africa’s Number 1 Team
So we’ve got enough money to give every citizen in Greenland $100,000 cash, but we don’t have enough money to give hungry children in America free lunch at school?
And we’ve got enough money to pay Denmark $750 billion to buy Greenland, but we don’t have enough money to fund USAID which costs 21x less and saves over 3 million lives each year?
MN Doctor: I learned that Renee Good still had a pulse 8 minutes after she was shot by an ICE agent. And yet the offer to administer aid from a physician on the scene was denied. I can't say how much that stirs the blood of everyone behind me here as we try to fulfill our oath and duty to care for the people of Minnesota.
We have less than two weeks to make this happen. $2,000 means 3 toys each for 100 kids at our Christmas event. Donations are coming in slowly and time is running out. If you can give $5 today, you help make a real holiday happen
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