Country reference
- Country codes
- BF / BFA · M49 854
- Browsing region
- Africa
- Language options to specify
- French, Mossi, Dyula
- UN statistical subregion
- Sub-Saharan Africa
Use RTB Burkina Faso with the television service and bulletin date. The broadcaster separately exposes RTB 3 and dated television news entries. RTB alone is ambiguous internationally, and a radio journal or short web video is a different request from a complete television bulletin.
Keep Burkina Faso in the RTB name
Radiodiffusion Télévision du Burkina has a television live page and a separately labelled RTB 3 live page. Its main site lists dated JT editions, including 13 h,19 h and 20 h, alongside radio programmes and audio material. These labels are practical clues for identifying the intended item.
For a familiar evening bulletin, use its edition time and original date. For RTB 3, retain the number instead of shortening the request to RTB. Similar broadcaster initials or a matching flag cannot establish which television service is in a player.
News edition and programme language belong together
Specify French, Mooré, Dyula or another required spoken language with the programme. The language of a website article does not establish the audio of an embedded bulletin. If captions are needed, test the actual television programme rather than assuming written news text is a selectable subtitle track.
For a local cultural festival or cycling event, provide the event, stage or session and date. A sports news recap is different from full live coverage. A dated video on the broadcaster site can identify the item, but does not prove a third-party replay or complete event archive.
Use an Ouagadougou programme reference
Africa/Ouagadougou is the directory's location identifier. If watching abroad, include the current viewing city and original Burkina broadcast date. Record the bulletin edition as well as the time; two different news editions may both contain the same leading story.
- Write Burkina RTB television or RTB3 explicitly.
- Add the JT edition or event/session.
- Specify language and live/full replay requirement.
- Test that item in the trial and report the exact label if it differs.
Time-zone reference locations
Africa/Ouagadougou
Use the location relevant to the viewer and the event date. IANA reference locations are not a count of distinct current offsets; do not apply one fixed offset to the whole country.