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Opened in 1966, the Institut Français de Bobo-Dioulasso (formerly French Cultural Centre) has as its mission the promotion and dissemination of French language and culture to the people of Burkina Faso. It also plays an important role in supporting creative artists in Burkina Faso. Service of the French Embassy in Burkina Faso, FI is one of the main places of artistic and cultural dissemination in the city, with numerous concerts, dance and theatre shows, exhibitions, conferences, screenings of films, entertainment for the young public, etc. The media library also allows to discover the press of Burkina Faso and to follow French news.

The listed forest - and partial reserve of fauna - of the Comoé-Léraba (formerly classified forests of Diéfoula and Logoniégué), which has recently been opened for sightseeing, is now managed by a Intervillageoise Association for Natural Resource and Wildlife Management (AGEREF). This AGEREF of La-Léraba, since the forest is riparian on these two rivers, has its offices in Banfora. The traveller who wants to visit this forest is invited to go there.