Take office as Mayor of Ouagadougou

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso · 2,700,000 people · Heritage City

Sustaining a Sahelian capital and Africa's premier film festival amid regional strain.

The record Ouagadougou keeps on the Board of Mayors is still unwritten. Take office and write its opening chapter.

The city

Landmark: Place des Cinéastes.

• The capital of Burkina Faso, often shortened to "Ouaga".
• Hosts FESPACO, the largest pan African film festival on the continent.

How a term works

Take office and each day brings a live situation from the city's services: a decision to make and a result that is measured. A term is judged on approval, infrastructure, environment and innovation, within the city's budget, and every term adds to the record Ouagadougou keeps on the Board of Mayors. Mayors message and confer with one another, form councils, trade with neighbouring cities and send aid where it is needed. Cities rise together.

Nearby cities in Burkina Faso

• Saaba
• Saonré
• Ziniaré
• Kombissiri
• Kokologo
• Boussé
• Barogo
• Mogtédo

All 49 cities in Burkina Faso · All 21,057 cities