The government of Burkina Faso, through its national electricity company, SONABEL, has announced it will commence controlled spillage of the Bagré Dam on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, due to rising water levels caused by heavy rainfall. In a statement dated 22nd August and signed by Kindo Issiaka, Head of Hydraulics at SONABEL, the company disclosed […]
The opening of the flood gates of the Bagre and Kompienga dams in Burkina Faso will commence on Thursday, September 1, 2022. This is following the rapid rising of the upstream level of the two dams in Burkina Faso. Graphic Online’s Mohammed Fugu reports that as of Wednesday (August 31, 2022), the water level of […]
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has hinted of government plans to construct the Pwalugu Multipurpose dam in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region. The dam, when constructed will serve as a counter to the annual spillage of the Bagre Dam from Burkina Faso, and also generate electricity for the region. Parliament in 2008 […]
