# Burkina Faso Broadcast & Communications Intelligence
**Date:** 2026-03-04
**Classification:** Passive OSINT

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## 1. Regulatory Bodies

### ARCEP (Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques et des Postes)
- **Website:** arcep.bf
- **Phone:** +226 25 37 53 60
- **Facebook:** @arcepbf
- **Twitter:** @arcepburkina
- **Role:** Frequency allocation, telecom licensing, postal regulation
- **Key Document:** Plan National d'Attribution des Fréquences (PNAF) — updated January 9, 2025

### CSC (Conseil Supérieur de la Communication)
- **Website:** csc.gov.bf
- **Role:** Media regulation, audiovisual licensing
- **Key Document:** Liste des médias audiovisuels (master list of all broadcast media)

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## 2. National Frequency Allocation Plan (PNAF) — January 2025

**Adopted by:** Council of Ministers decree, January 9, 2025

### Key Allocations:
- **3600-3800 MHz** — Allocated to mobile service (5G/next-gen)
- **6425-7125 MHz** — Identified for terrestrial IMT (International Mobile Telecommunications)
- Standard ITU Region 1 allocations apply for other bands

### Spectrum Management:
- Radio spectrum managed as a "rare, non-replicable natural resource"
- Cross-border frequency coordination required (frequencies don't respect borders)
- ARCEP handles national allocation, ITU handles international coordination

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## 3. Telecom Operators (Licensed)

### Mobile Network Operators:
| Operator | Brand | Market Share | Technology |
|----------|-------|-------------|------------|
| ONATEL | Moov Africa | 43% | 2G/3G/4G |
| Orange Burkina | Orange | 48% | 2G/3G/4G |
| Telecel Faso | Telecel | 10% | 2G/3G |

### ISPs:
- FasoNet (ONATEL subsidiary) — dominant wired broadband
- ~50 ISPs licensed, 3-4 actually compete

### Infrastructure Licensees (from ARCEP spreadsheets):
- Licence technologiquement neutre (technology-neutral)
- Licence pour FTTH capacity
- Licence for passive infrastructure deployment
- Licence for TNT (Télévision Numérique Terrestre) network

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## 4. Known FM Radio Stations

### Ouagadougou:
| Station | Frequency | Type |
|---------|-----------|------|
| Radio Burkina (RTB) | — | State broadcaster |
| Ouaga FM | 105.2 MHz | Commercial |
| Omega Radio | 103.9 FM | Commercial |
| Optima FM | 106.8 MHz | Commercial |
| Radio Evangile | 91.6 MHz | Religious |

### Bobo-Dioulasso:
| Station | Frequency | Type |
|---------|-----------|------|
| Ouaga FM | 101.1 MHz | Commercial |
| Radio Balafon | 102.7 MHz | Community |
| Omega Radio | 104.7 FM | Commercial |
| Radio Alliance Chrétienne | 95.9 MHz | Religious |

### National Coverage:
- Broadcasts in French + 13 indigenous languages
- Both AM (medium wave) and FM coverage
- Full master list available in CSC PDF: liste-medias-audiovisuels-2021.pdf

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## 5. State Broadcast Media

### RTB (Radio Télévision du Burkina)
- **Domain:** rtb.bf (blocked — OVHcloud)
- **Status:** State broadcaster under junta control
- **Radio:** Radio Burkina (national AM/FM network)
- **TV:** Télévision du Burkina (TNT + satellite)

### Sidwaya
- **Domain:** sidwaya.bf (down)
- **Type:** State newspaper
- **Status:** Government mouthpiece

### Canal3
- **Domain:** canal3.bf
- **CMS:** WordPress with WPML 4.8.6
- **Operator:** Groupe Fadoul Afrique (same contractor running IGF + other gov sites)
- **WP Users:** Blocked (401)
- **Content:** 9 pages, 211 media items dumped

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## 6. Independent Media

### LeFaso.net
- **CMS:** SPIP 4.4.11
- **Server:** Nginx + PHP/8.3.30 + Plesk
- **Type:** Independent news (largest online news site)
- **RSS Feed:** 68 articles (571KB) dumped
- **Authors found:** Azize (ID 1), Cyriaque (ID 2)

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## 7. ARCEP Regulatory Documents Downloaded

| Document | Type | Size |
|----------|------|------|
| Licence technologiquement neutre | XLSX | 10KB |
| Licence FTTH capacity | XLSX | 11KB |
| Licence passive infrastructure | XLSX | 9KB |
| Licence TNT network | XLSX | 9KB |
| ARCEP Quality Policy 2024 | PDF | 512KB |
| ARCEP ISO 9001 Certificate | PDF | 95KB |
| Radiocommunication pages (9) | HTML | 2.4MB |
| Frequency authorization tables | HTML | 523KB |
| PNAF plan page | HTML | 210KB |

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## 8. SIG (Government Press) — Communications Analysis

**Total government press articles:** 4,622
**Articles mentioning security/military/comms:** 1,174 (25.4%)
**Key themes:** Counter-terrorism operations, military attacks, security communiqués, defense policy
**Coverage period:** 2019-2025 (junta-era communications dominant)
**Total dump size:** 68MB

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## 9. SOFITEX Exchange Server (Corporate Email)

**Domain:** sofitex.bf
**Product:** Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 (build 15.2.1748.10)
**Internal servers:** MV56, MV57 (2 frontend servers)
**Services exposed:** OWA, EWS, ECP, OAB, RPC, MAPI, ActiveSync
**Impact:** Full corporate email infrastructure for the national cotton company