Burkina Faso leader Ibrahim Traoré says no to Saudi mosque building Initiative Burkina Faso’s head of state, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has declined an offer from Saudi Arabia to build 200 mosques in the country. He urged the kingdom to rather invest in essential infrastructure projects that would directly benefit the Burkinabè people, such as schools, hospitals, and businesses that create jobs. He declared this at the nation’s capital, Ouagadougou, on Wednesday, March 19 President Traoré pointed out that Burkina Faso already has an abundance of mosques, many of which are underused. He stressed the...