The association Citizen Action for an Ideal World (ACMI) organized, on Saturday May 13, 2023, in Ouahigouya the second edition of oratory arts for peace at the Listening and Dialogue Center for young people from Ouahigouya.
The final of this second edition of public speaking opposed the Yamwaya High School team to that of the Ouahigouya Communal High School in the school category.
The Joseph Ki Zerbo team and the Human Rights Defenders team competed in the university category. Oratorical contests at the school level focused on “poverty as the main cause of violent extremism.
» At the university level, the teams tried to convince the audience on the fact that « only an endogenous solution could help Burkina Faso to overcome the terrorist hydra. »
"This edition is a contribution of oratorical arts in the service of peace and social cohesion, especially at a time when Burkinabè people need to talk to each other more," said promoter Inoussa Kirakoya.
In the school category, the team from the Lycée Communal de Ouahigouya took over from the Lycée Yamwaya. In the University category, the Joseph Ki Zerbo team won against the human rights defenders team.
Source: Burkina Information Agency