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National Budget 2026: Where Does Public Money Truly Go?

Line-by-line autopsy of the enacted national budget: defense allocations, basic education, capital infrastructure. What expands, what stagnates, what vanishes.

By The Newsroom·July 28, 2026·Bobo-Dioulasso & Ouagadougou
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National Budget 2026: Where Does Public Money Truly Go?
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The enacted national budget for fiscal year 2026 totals 2,847 billion FCFA, an 8.3% increase compared to the previous exercise. This aggregate expansion masks profound inter-sectoral reallocations between defense logistics, social safety nets, and capital infrastructure works.

Investigation Closure Protocol

This investigation was subjected to an adversarial audit (Red Team Test) and cross-verified against statutory public institutional filings.

Keywords:#budget#finances publiques#dépenses